halloween potluck, minnesota friends, another children's museum

thursday night i had my much-anticipated halloween potluck with my group of mama friends. vanessa hosted it in the party room at her apartment complex and it was so fun! we didn't dress in costumes, but we had tons of good food and wine and conversation. that's all i need! i made mini caprese skewers and and a no bake caramel apple cheesecake dip. i mentioned over the summer that two of our friends moved away, but we've added a couple new friends to the group and it's been really fun getting to know them. one is from wisconsin! i cannot wait for our weekend on vashon island in january!

this is the only picture i took all night and it's blurry and missing half the group. oh well. 

friday night we made breakfast for dinner and hung out with the kids. they were both tired and went to sleep easily. thatcher and i watched a movie for the rest of the night. 

saturday morning we hung out at home, then hopped on the bus to meet our friends becky and jeromy downtown. i mentioned in my last post that they unexpectedly changed their travel plans to be in seattle after the wildfires near napa valley spoiled their plans to go there for their 10 year anniversary trip. we were selfishly very excited about this. ha! we met them near the football stadium at elysian brewing. i had one of the best burgers i've ever had. we had a blast catching up with them and the kids did pretty well at the restaurant too. 

here's a picture of the group (minus ashford who was uncooperative and hiding behind us. ha!) 

we parted ways to head home for a couple hours before our next event, which was a halloween-themed birthday party for my friend erica's 2 boys who were turning 5 and 3. the kids had just gotten into their costumes, when i got a message from erica that her younger son had just thrown up all over. eek! she made the hard decision to cancel the party to prevent any one else from getting sick. it was totally understandable. the kids were so bummed though. thatcher tried to cheer them up by telling them they could help him bake a cake. it helped a little ;) i happened to text becky that our party got canceled and she said they didn't have any plans for the evening if we wanted to get together again. yes! they came over at 7pm and we just hung out in our living room all night. the kids vied for our attention while we chatted and finally went to bed at 9pm. becky and jeromy ended up staying until 11! it was so nice to catch up with them (even more). we really miss spending time with them! 

sunday morning we hung out at home and then after lunch decided to check out another children's museum (the 4th one we've gone to in this area, for those keeping track) in the city of everett, which is about 30 minutes north of seattle. it was such a great museum! it even had a huge rooftop playground. we stayed for about 2.5 hours and the kids had a blast. 

 

 

we did some grocery shopping afterward and then came home and made dinner. it was bath night and the kids sort of went to bed easily, though they weren't that tired because they took car naps. womp womp. 

hope you had a great weekend. i can't believe halloween is just over a week away!