Eleanor goes to the Millpond and Howl-o-scream

A couple weeks ago, Eleanor had a magical weekend planned. It started out with a trip to Howl-o-scream with friends. I ended up chaperoning the group (BG has a chaperone policy during Howl-o-scream) and Rosie stayed with us. She kept saying, "this is exhilarating!" She loved all the scares. Ben and Jane headed home with Chris (they are not interested).

We did a few rides (the swings, Pantheon, Loch Ness, Apollo's, Big Bad Wolf):

And hit the haunted houses. This was Rosie's first one - ClownTown. The teenagers did all 5 the park has, Rosie did three.

Rosie wanted her picture with a clown...

And then all the other girls did, too!

The crew (Daisy, Lyndon, Scarlett, Olivia, Kollins, Josie, Eve, and Eleanor):

Such a sweet group of girls - they had the best time.

The next day, Eleanor went with her small group (The Coreee) to the Millpond. This is Auntie Mollie's family's home - Auntie Mollie's niece Charlie is in Eleanor's small group and she and Eleanor were in preschool together (before we knew Mollie!) So it was very special that Eleanor got to go to a place very special to Mollie and her family!

They took the ferry over (Hannah, Eleanor, Eve, Leila, Harper, Charlie):

The girls played badminton:

Ate delicious food:

And even swam, paddleboarded, and kayaked despite the weather being in the 60s that day.

They also scared Auntie Mollie's parents to death with a very unfunny prank that thankfully everyone laughed about later.

What extremely fun and special memories they made!