Wow! What a fun and festive weekend we've had! The past few days have been a whirlwind and I feel as though I am just now, at 11:00pm on Sunday night, catching my breath. It's been fun and packed full of memories though and I wouldn't trade this time for the world!
Saturday was like a sneak peek of what Halloween is going to be like. Dunbar village had trick or treating for the kids, each of the businesses were giving out candy, and despite the torrential downpour of rain, the kids showed up in droves to gather their candy! Sydney was so excited to finally get into her Hello Kitty costume. She looked absolutely adorable!
She braved the rain and, along with her buddy Ollie and his Dad Allan, went from shop to shop filling up her plush Hello Kitty bucket to the rim!
Here are a few of her favourite folks on Dunbar all dressed up for the event:
Rick and Alex at Splash Toy store!
Her art teacher Mel, dressed up as Elmo!
Right after we finished trick or treating we walked down to our friend Sally's house for our annual Dunbar Halloween party! Each of us brought things to share and I did desserts, made some very fun things!
Orange Chocolate Halloween Lollipops
Ghostly Meringues
Pumpkin Muffins with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting, so, so yummy!
As usual, the Moms outdid themselves with amazing food! Check out these "to die for" brownies (get it..RIP!), sugar cookies and jello cutouts that my friend Lori made:
And these orange jack-o-lanterns filled with fruit salad that my friend Michelle lovingly carved by hand for everyone!
And this incredible goat cheese and sundried tomato tart that my friend Liz brought as an appy:
The list went on and on, let's just say that no one starved!
We tried to get the kids to sit together on the couch for a photo in their costumes. It was a gong show! They were so not interested in sitting still for this priceless photo opportunity after all the excitement!
We had such a lovely time enjoying each other's company, eating great food and drinking way too much wine and port! Paul and I and our friends Christina and Ryan ended up staying a couple of hours later than the other guests and had such a fun visit together! It was a great night!
Sydney came home with a lovely loot bag of goodies from the party:
This morning we headed off to my friend Saskia's house to celebrate Sydney's friend Myrtle's 3rd Birthday. Myrtle had a full blown princess party, it was fantastic! All of the kids came dressed as a princess or prince or dragon. Sydney looked like such a sweet little thing even though she wasn't too keen on having her photo taken:
It was such a beautiful party, everything was pink and dainty and done up so beautifully! Saskia had amazing tables of appetizers out all around the house and then served a fantastic lunch along with cake and cupcakes for dessert. It was amazing!
It has been such fun with all of the gatherings this weekend. Tis the season for fun around here, that's for sure!
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