On Friday, I took Jack to our playgroup's Halloween Party, we went trick-or-treating at Whole Foods, and we went to a chocolate/cheese fondue party that night at our friend's house. I am trying to find a good excuse to make Jack wear a puppy costume every day for the rest of his life...
This Saturday was the first Saturday since April where we had absolutely nothing on our schedule, so obviously, my anxious task-oriented self filled up our entire Saturday with as many activities as possible. We went to the zoo in the morning, watched the Biggest Loser during Jack's nap time, and went trailer trick-or-treating at night.
Let it be known, blogging world, that on Saturday, October 26th, the sloth at the Birmingham Zoo MOVED! My zoo attendance averages about 1-2 times a week since May of 2012 and this is the second time I have ever seen that sloth do anything but sleep in a ball so it was a big deal! Please be excited for me.
Also, I am extremely excited about this season's Biggest Loser because the Ruben Studdard, the American Idol winner who I called in and voted for about a million times when I was 13 years old, is competing! He is from Birmingham, AL and ironically there is even an annual marathon held in his honor here so I am excited to see how far he goes.
On Saturday night, we experienced the coolest Halloween Party ever and coolest event I have ever attended in Alabama. We even made a riddle about it - what do you get when you cross camping, Alabama football, and Halloween in the South? (The answer is whatever the heck we went to on Saturday night). We went to Tannehill State Park where about 300 camping trailers camped and got completely decked out for Halloween and the Alabama football game. There was tailgating, trick-or-treating, barbecuing, camping, satellite tv, and the most intense Halloween decorations I have ever seen. I truly don't know how they hooked up all of the electricity to do it. Over six thousand people came for trick-or-treating and when we asked one man how much he spent on Halloween candy he said over $500! It was by far the most efficient and exciting way to trick-or-treat. Pictures don't do it justice.
Sunday we walked, went to church, painted pumpkins, and made carmel apples. (Neither the pumpkins nor apples turned out very aesthetically pleasing)
After this weekend, I may be convinced like my little brother, Isaac, that Halloween really is the best holiday ever.
I just want to eat all the candy you got hooked up with. Ha!
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