halloween 2013

costumes get less cute & cuddly as you go along don't they?

mean mommy

from the unpopular mommy files no I am not letting C head out trick or treating on his own

evidently Candyman is scary enough

this is the year C has discover "scary" movies and has caught up many of the oldies but goodies from our youth Halloween, Nightmare on Elm St, the horrible Chucky movie which I will not watch because dolls/puppets creep me the hell out. So far each film has been declared "well that was so not scary" that is until...
Candyman, Candyman, Candyman, Candyman....we didn't even make it through to the end & C asked if we could turn it off. Personally I found all the cigarette smoking scary, good grief it certainly dates it as an older movie. It was evidently scary enough to go to sleep with the light on LOL guess we won't have to break out the Exorcist to freak him out just yet

sunday disocvery: it was also too scary to bring the garbage to the garbage can in the dark, so guess who has trash to clean up when they get home today

here we are at fall again

my favorite season & the kick-off to the biggies as far as holidays go for our family plus birthdays..and while C's birthday technically a summer birthday he starts planning around October. Last year is pretty much a blur of doctors, hospitals, ambulance rides, stress & sheer panic. I am hoping to enjoy the holiday season a little bit more this year..a trip to the corn maze on tap, pumpkin carving maybe a few halloween decorations I need a costume, rumor has it C will not be trick or treating now that he is the ripe old age of 11 but I have a feeling that may change as the 31st draws a little closer. Thanksgiving, Christmas cards, decorations, baking and perhaps I will finally have that cookie swap party I have wanted to have for forever now! Also on tap will be the plans for a proper garden in the spring. Lots on my to-accomplish list!

not exactly the party animals we once were

Halloween party on Saturday night and the quick realization that we did not have plans in place for the kid. Hubs said no problem he would ask niece#2 and quite frankly I scoffed okay maybe I just laughed
21 year old niece?
the Saturday before Halloween?
surely to God she had plans to go out but was amazed she was available till I heard the terms.....she has plans to go out at 11...and of course that's fine for us to home by 11...after a party..what's next the early bird special?

hope you all had a ghoulish evening!

we had a fantastic evening in spite of the torrential rains and not a bad haul of candy either

happy birthday!

to my dear husband David who is the last of us to finally hit our 40s!

and he must be softening in his old age he willingly had this family photo taken and shockingly he suggested we have another taken one for Christmas.

He also proceeded to tell me we were invited to a Halloween party and did I want to go? it has me wondering has he been taken over by the pod people???

decent haul

considering halloween is on a Friday night this year. Come on folks we live in the south Friday night means high school football games, and there were lots of dark house along our normal route let me tell 'ya! But a good time was had by one and all, we hooked up with one of his buddies and walked with them for a bit & C got more than enough good stuff that mommy can pilfer he can enjoy!
btw helpful hint kids always say thank you it scored C an extra piece of candy at one house!

All Hallows Eve

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costume time

let me start by saying that I am not the sort of person who dresses their pets. Not judging anyone who does I just don't. But Lord help me at Target I actually browsed through the pet costumes. And not just browsed I almost bought Oscar a costume.
A pig costume
Puggy the pig.
I refrained but don't be terribly surprised to see puggy the pig staring back at you on Halloween. And quite frankly I blame C I got exactly 2 Halloweens of picking out his costume. 2 that was it! By the time his third Halloween rolled around he was 2 and in daycare and when I came home with the cutest Kermit the frog costume(if you follow the link I did not pay the $89.99 they are charging for it this year I won't pay over $30 for a Halloween costume, 89.99???), he took one look at it and ran into the other room. I couldn't even get him to try it on so back to the store we went and exchanged it for a Bob the Builder costume. Ever since then the costume is entirely his decision so really it's his fault if I had a couple more years of picking out cute costumes I wouldn't be considering torturing the dog.

halloween 2007

yet another halloween has come & gone C was death skull rider-essentially a knock off of ghost rider without the licensing fees. It was fun but he lacks that killer drive to walk for miles & miles and get lots of candy like we did when we were kids. But these days you generally get a handful of candy at each house so you don't need to visit a a million houses for a decent haul. And honestly I think he would have more fun in group maybe next year I will arrange to go trick or treating with one of his buddies.
I have happy memories of halloween when I was younger, it is my aunt's birthday and each year my best friend's family would come to dinner for a spaghetti, why we had that every year I do not recall but during dinner the 4 of us kids would race to the door to give out candy and after dinner our father's would take us out to make the rounds of the neighborhood while our moms & my aunt would hang out at the house.

gay high holy day

why halloween of course! Designing Women? Will & Grace? I don't remember where I first heard that line but it cracks me up and reminds me of my roommates from about a million years ago. Yes they were gay and when we lived in CT they always threw an annual halloween party that was always so much fun black lights, spider webs, dry ice, a killer grain alcohol punch-they would go all out plus I love costumes!!! I have friends that I know went to a party Saturday night but the slackers have still not posted any photos hint hint...