Annual Family Pumpkin Patch/ Downtown Candy Crawl

Hi again! Long time no see! I apologize for the lack of posts, but school has begun in September, and since then it’s like my children’s immune systems need to adjust. It’s like they are always catching something every other week. So yeah, busy busy.

However, we did make it downtown on October 30th, 2022 for the Annual Family Pumpkin Patch & the Downtown Candy Crawl. Combined it was a free family Halloween festive event.

There were some local businesses handing out candy for the trick or treaters. However, finding them all was a bit challenging. In fact, one business was The Electric Hair, and silly me, I didn’t realize that they were one of the businesses that were participating in the event, I just thought they were super friendly greeting people downtown. Y’know? How lovely! 😃👍 Lol So we said hi, and kinda rushed off to the Convent Garden Market. Lol Sorry! I didn’t realize until later that they were listed on the map. I’m a genius. I know! Haha!

At the Convent Garden Market we went upstairs and seen a bouncy castle. So we got in line. There were some vendors, live music, people dancing, and displays to take photos at. Of coarse we got in line for the bouncy castle! The kids loved it! And would have loved to go through it again, but then you’d have to go back to the back of the line, and the line grew fast. So one time through it was enough.

From there, we went to the Dollarama and picked up some drinks to stay hydrated, and continued on with the Downtown Candy Crawl. Lily and River got excited after they realized they were trick or treating Downtown and getting candy. So we were zig zagging all over the place.

It was awesome to see lots of people dressed up in costumes. There were artists out painting on wooden displays, dancers dancing, a DJ playing music in one area, and there were musicians playing live music in another area. It made the event very stimulating, there was lots to see.

I even seen a familiar face at Grooves. Which was a wonderful surprise. Usually when I go downtown I don’t recognize anyone. But Yaaaay! I seen someone from the EVAC (East Village Arts Co-op) days. Glad to see them doing well. I think the last time I saw them was before the pandemic at Museum London.

There was also someone dressed as the Joker downtown, and they did a wonderful job with the costume. So much so, they were unrecognizable. It wasn’t until later that I realized that that was one of muh Twitter peeps!! 😀👍 Well done! 👏👏👏👏👏

Anyways, after some zig zagging in the core, we went to Budweiser Gardens. Which is where we remained for the remainder of the event. My youngest did not want to leave. There were 2 booths there giving out candy, a huge blow up Spider thingy ( which my son absolutely loved running around in), and a table with a huge coloring sheet on it. So we pretty much stayed until things were beginning to be taken down. My kids had fun. So much so, that my son refused to leave for a bit. He threw a fit! That’s how much he wanted to stay. Lol