Haunted Museum

Rylan had is only "early" soccer game of the season last Saturday - it was at 11 am.  Unfortunately, I didn't have any more participation and any less crying from my team.  I think we just have a very young and immature team this year, but you never know what to expect when you have a team of 3 year olds!  When Rylan decided to play (he spent a lot of time on the sideline not wanting to play after he bumped heads with another kid), he was amazing!  He easily took the ball away from the other team and brought it down to score.  We just still have to work on motivation (candy bribes have lost their appeal!).

Carter's game was right after Rylan's at noon (so nice!), and then we went downtown to the Tennessee State Museum for their "Haunted Museum".  This was our first time to the museum so we weren't sure what to expect.  It's actual a decent size (and always has free admission).

The kids got to dress in their halloween costumes - if you can't tell, they are dragons! (I bought these after Halloween at Old Navy last year really cheap thinking the boys MIGHT want to wear them but we could use them for dress up otherwise.  Surprisingly they are all for wearing them this year!)

There were lots of ghost stories being told around the museum but we skipped them because we really didn't want to deal with nightmares from them!  We stopped at all the games and crafts though.  After each one, the kids got to pick out a goodie.  There were markers on the floor leading the kids in the right direction around the museum and following these was probably the highlight for the boys :)

Toss the Spider into the Cauldron:

I tried to get Carter to try out the stocks (we had just seen this in a book or something the day before) but even once I showed him how to do it, he refused.

Knock Down the Cans:

Vampire Puppet:

Rylan even requested a tattoo on his face!!!  The boys usually refuse to have anything on their faces!

End the end of the "trail", the kids got cookies and a juice box.  The kids didn't like the juice flavors so the adults got a drink - score! :)

The event was a little crowded but still something we'll probably go to again (especially since it's free!).