Halloween Traditions

I love traditions, they make life more simple, as well as give everyone something to look forward to!! We started a tradition of having spagetthi for dinner on Halloween night out of skull cups. Missy and Little Dude got a kick out of eating "brains" for dinner. (note: I meant to have salad and garlic bread with the spagetthi, but due to time and lack of thought, it didn't happen. And, the spagetthi dinner was more like an "appetizer" because I ran out of noodles! I guess I have had too much on my mind lately :)

Little Dude enjoyed eating his "brains".


Missy got lots of compliments again on her hair. I love how cute it turns out! And she gets to wear the same hair do for 2 days (or 3 if I'm really lazy and don't want to cut out all of the rubber bands yet :) It only takes about 20 minutes to do, but it comes with lots of "you're pulling my hair" screams.


We met up with some friends to go trick-or-treating in a big group.


And finally, a picture of what the Great Pumpkin brought! ($4 clearance toys from Target :) Missy and Little Dude are allowed to eat a reasonable amount of candy that night, and then choose 6 pieces they want to keep. The rest is left on the hearth for the "Great Pumpkin", who then takes the candy and leaves a small gift. Mommy got smart this year and threw away all of the candy immediately because otherwise I continue to nibble on it for weeks secretly:) So now, it's out of the house and can't be a temptation (except for the chocolate ones that I couldn't bear to throw away :)