Halloween Trail

We started off the day with a spontaneous meet up with Leos's sister at Novy Smichov.  While we were there Leos's niece went to the floor below and said a lady was giving out stickers if you make a basket.  I thought it would be fun for Amaya, so I took her with me and Leos stayed with his sister.  When we got to the lady, she was really nice and held the basket close to Amaya.  Amaya made a few baskets and got temporary tattoos and since I was with her I got a 100czk voucher for Decathlon.  It was a nice surprise.  After the meet up we went back home.  In the afternoon we were planning to go to the nearby park because they had a special Halloween event for kids.  Luckily, the rain stopped and we were able to attend.  We were given a pamphlet with a map and space to solve a puzzle.  Questions were placed all over the park and we needed to solve the riddle.  Amaya had fun walking around.  It was nicely organized.  Once we figured out the riddle we went back to the headquarters to show them the answer.  Amaya was able to pick two prizes.  She was proud of herself.  It was a fun Sunday!

                                                         

                                                         

                                                Amaya got tattoos and I got a 100czk voucher

                                                            first question we came across

Amaya with the map

                                                         she's holding hands more often now

Trick or Treat for Charity

In the morning, I went to Lidl and was able to get this amazing bio bag for just 39czk!!!  I needed to use the bananas and cauliflower immediately, but that was fine.  The basil plant was in perfect condition.  It was crazy how lucky I got to get such a great bag.  The bags are made ahead of time and you cannot choose what's inside them.  In the afternoon, I had two lessons and then I made my way to Vinohrady to volunteer handing out candy.  My friend did an amazing job setting up the location.  The decorations looked fantastic!  At 4pm the kids started to come.  A politician from ODS even dressed up for the occasion and gave an interview with CNN right in front of us. There were so many people in our area.  Then at prime time it just got super crazy.  Kids came to us for candy, but before they got the candy, they needed to put 10czk in a jar for charity.  The money that was collected went to a children's home.  This was the 10th year the event took place.  I volunteered last year as well, but it was raining for most of the time, so there weren't as many kids as this year.  This year the weather was perfect and over 2000 kids registered for the event.  There involves a lot of planning and logistics, so the people who organize it every year are amazing.  I do not think I will ever help out in that sense, but handing out candy is fine. I ended up having three different looks.  First, I had a scary mask.  Second, I had an inflatable unicorn that I was riding.  However, the batteries died, so I needed to put on the scary mask again.  The scary mask was a bit too scary for some kids at night, so then I put a light up headband.  It was so much fun seeing all the amazing costumes.  I'll definitely help out again next year!

                                                        all for just 39czk =$1.79

                                                                my first look, a bit too scary

                                                           my third and final look

Holesovice

I saw that there was an outdoor exhibition at Holesovice with structures made from cars.  I thought it looked really interesting, so we managed to go on the last day of the exhibition. Amaya really enjoyed walking around and looking at the structures. They were unique and really impressive.  We were lucky to go on this day because it happened to be an open door day for the main building.  They have been doing reconstruction on it for over 4 years, so it was really great to have a chance to look at it. It was a wonderful way to spend a Sunday. 

                                                        thought it was cute until I saw the gun...

                                                                        crazy exhibit 

                                                            the binoculars were super strong