Day 5 , 6, 7 - Halloween Countdown

Halloween is gone- BOO! BOO!

Things got a little crazy last week and I did not get a chance to post Days 5, 6, and 7. You can always use these ideas for next year!

Day 5 - Buy a Halloween music CD or make your own from iTunes. I just happened to have some on hand and created my own. Classic Halloween tune from the movie Halloween. There is always the fun ones too: The Munsters theme, Adams Family, Thriller, Ghostbusters, and Monster Mash. We had music playing last night when all the Trick or Treaters were out. We got great compliments on creating the whole theme of Halloween with music and decorations.

Day 6 - Host a party. It does not have to be over the top, simple parties can be created on a dime.

Day 7 - Carve a Pumpkin-and we did with all the neighbors. We hosted a pumpkin party on Sunday. Check out the creativity of all those pumpkins.



Spooky treats!

The Countdown has begun!

A week to Halloween.

This week I will devote my blog to a Halloween countdown.

Day 1: If you haven't already bought your costumes, what are you waiting for? To be honest I have not bought one, but I always pull one together last minute. Sometimes it's more fun and cheaper to create your own than spend a fortune on going to the costume shops.

Here is a great site you can use to create some costumes of your own. http://www.costumeideazone.com/index.htm

I love the Rubik's Cube and Popcorn idea. Easy to create costumes! Plus you can use the box in front of the Popcorn costume for your candy on Halloween night.

Use what you have in your closet or in your home to create a great costume. I was Paul Stanley from KISS two years ago. I had all of the clothes in my closet the only thing I purchased were some fishnet stockings and the make-up for my face.

Don't forget local thrift stores too, those are great places to look for cheap costumes.

Get in the spirit! I will post next week which costume I have decided on.

Halloween 2008

I think Halloween has gone to the adults! Samantha and some friends of ours went out trick or treating and there were not too many people home. If they were home they did not want to be bothered so the left the bowl outside for a free for all.

Regardless, Samantha scored some candy stash and enjoyed the evening with her friend. I almost thinking this may be her last year trick or treating. Although, I did see quite a few older kids out.

She dressed up as an Aqua Fairy, or as I called it a mermaid costume with wings. I did her make up and we sprayed her hair blue, which you could not really see at night unless she was in the light. Hector stayed at home and passed out the candy. He even mentioned there was not a big turn out, but like I mentioned half the neighbors were gone.

So next year my plan is to have our street be the haunted house street. I guess I need to start working on the props.

Pandemonium of Pumpkins

Make a Smilebox slideshow

The Pumpkin Carving Party turned out to be a great success! I think the adults enjoyed it as much as the kids. It's funny how the inner child comes out in adults during those fun made holidays for kids.

I was not able to make everything on my menu, due to time constraints, but I did make a majority of it. My chili, I mean my graveyard dirt, went over so well that Samantha and I did not even get to have any. Guess I need to make more next time. I made my Skeleton Dip, which did not go over so well, but at least it looked pretty. I guess no one wanted veggies. We had salad with them the next day. The mummy dogs were a hit and easy to make.

We started the festivies with musical chairs for the wee ones. They seemed to like it after they got the hung of what they needed to do. Then we did bobbing for apples. I forget how hard this could be-those apples just want to sink when you try to bite down on one. Then all of us got into the painting, scooping, and carving of our pumpkins. Lucky for us the new neighbors had just moved in over the weekend and they had ton of moving boxes, which we used to collect all of the insides from the pumpkins. Some people who painted their pumpkins used it as their painting palette. When it was time to clean up, we just folded the boxes together and walla we were done!

Next year it will be bigger and better. The gears in my head are already spinning!

Adults like Halloween too!

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Have you noticed that Halloween is not just for kids anymore. Adults are really enjoy the parties and the dressing up as much as the kids. I don't ever remember my parents or grandparents dressing up for Halloween and getting into the holiday as much as I do today.

Saturday evening (10/24) we went to my supervisor's (Tim) Halloween party. I spent all week worried about what to wear, because I just knew Tim and his wife's costumes were going to be fabulous. Lucky for me I have a daughter that loves being outlandish and she helped me get dressed. She helped me dress as the Devil's Temptress. We went and bought some red hair color, fake nails, and blood red lipstick. The rest of the costume was put together with what I had in my closet and her devils cape, horns, and pitchfork from last year. I think my costume came out pretty good considering it was thrown together. As for Hector, he just pulled out the Zorro costume from last year and called it a night.

We arrived at his house and it inevitably stood out from the others. The best decorated I must say. Tim was dressed as a Tiki God (he has a tiki bar in his backyard) and Blair was Cruella de Vil. Other guest arrived as Urkel from "Family Matters", Slash "Guns N Roses", Courtney Love, Cesar, and the St. Paulie Girl. They even gave mini-oscars for best costumes. I must say my highlight of the night was the Ghostini's. See recipe below.

The Ghostini's
1oz Midori
1oz Sweet and Sour
2oz Vodka