Halloween Night @ Baytowne Wharf

Last night Lee and I took the kids to Baytowne Wharf at Sandestin for their annual Halloween event. Each business was passing out candy and then at 8pm they had fireworks. I just love Baytowne. It is such a nice and clean place and we always have a great time. It is usually jam packed with the rich tourists who are staying at Sandestin but this time of year it's mostly locals.

Mackenzie saw so many kids from school that she knew and we also ran into two of our neighbors there. Mackenzie's best friends from the street (sisters) Stella and Emily were there dressed up as ghouls. Ben, their dad, is a manager at a great place called Graffiti's and he'll also bartend at the bar part called Funky Blues Shack. He was all dressed up with the painted face to be dracula. Maria, their mom sadly wasn't dressed up. I am still using my baby bump as my costume.

I digress. So we went from restaurant and store gathering candy. It was so adorable because at one point Jackson grabbed on to Mackenzie's hand to walk with her. I took a picture from behind because it was so cute. At one point Jackson said he didn't want to get any more candy so he just skipped by those passing it out. He said he had too much. That's shocking especially coming from a 3 year old. Oh and can I tell you that I saw Batmen all over the place. I've never seen so many little boys dressed up as Batman.

We headed over to Jim 'n Nicks to eat dinner before the fireworks. As usual we were able to eat for free due to trade outs with Lee's restaurant. Getting my appetite back has been a lot of fun I have to admit. For the past 7 months whenever we'd eat out a lot of times I wouldn't eat anything or something very small like soup. We've eaten at Jim 'n Nicks about 4 or 5 times over the summer and each time all I got was their Camp Stew. Last night I got a bowl of chili (yum yum) and a pulled pork sandwhich with fries. Now I didn't quite finish the sandwhich and only ate a few fries but it was all so good. I'm truly scaring myself with my enjoyment of food. It better subside after I get back on my full dose of Adderall.

So we had a fun dinner and headed over to the fireworks. On the stage by the grassy area and fountains they had Halloweenish music playing and encouraging the kids up on the stage to dance. Jackson got down on the grass and proceeded to show us his moves that he likes to call "tricks". Then he kept asking us how much longer until the fireworks and it was only about 5 mins but to him it seemed like an eternity. Finally they called everyone down to the stage area for the fireworks.

We went and sat down on the steps by the pond area and the fireworks began. At first I had one kid on each side of me but then Jackson moved into Lee's lap and Mackenzie over by Lee. Jackson, who hates the sound of fireworks, kept his hands over his ears the entire time. It's kind of cute. The fireworks were nice but I have to admit I enjoy the 4th of July ones a lot more. I love the patriotic music.

So that was our evening. We were exhausted when we got home around 8:30. Jackson fell asleep around 10 and Mackenzie around 11. She came and got in bed with me. Lee fell asleep before any of us. I heard him snoring in the den. So Halloween is over for this year. Next year it's going to be even more of an adventure. I won't have to buy just one costume and not just two but three. If little Avery is anything like Mackenzie then she'll be walking by Halloween next year. Boy will I be in trouble.