Do you agree?
October has got to be one of the best months of the year.
What's not to love about the crisp air, the sweaters, cozy blankets, chilly mornings and perfect afternoons, baking with pumpkin and cinnamon, driving up the canyons to see the change in nature, turning on the fireplace for the first time, earlier bedtimes, fall smells. I love it all.
It wasn't until I had kids that I realized that Halloween is a great addition to the list.
I am beginning to love Halloween. Not for the grossness. No way. But for the excitement that my kids feel that passes right along to me.
So last Friday we blew off the dust of our 2 small boxes of Halloween stuff and went right to work. We spent the rest of the day enjoying a few Halloween Oreos, wearing vampire teeth, playing with the felt pumpkins, and putting up decorations.
The boys get so excited about the 13 day countdown to Halloween. But this year I thought I would stretch it out all month long. It's just way to fun a month not to. It is really simple, but luckily our boys like simple.
M 1st: Introduce countdown. Bake Pumpkin Bread
T 2nd: Halloween Memory Match (put matching Halloween stickers on some small cards)
W 3rd: Rock Spiders
Th 4th: Halloween Treasure hunt to Halloween books - read them
F 5th: Treat - Frankenstein Pudding Cups. Movie - Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (thanks to my dad)
S 6th: Fall Fire Roast
Su 7th: Boo Am I
M 8th: Candy Corn Sugar Cookies
T 9th: Halloween Bingo
W 10th: Toilet Paper Halloween Guys
Th 11th: Read Halloween Books
F 12th: Treat - Pumpkin Treat. Movie - It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
S 13th: Witches Stew Game
Su 14th: Don't Eat Frank
M 15th: Skeleton Gingerbread Men
T 16th: Halloween Pictionary
W 17th: Owl Smores
Th 18th: Read Halloween Books
F 19th: Treat - Caramel Apples. Movie - Snow White
S 20th: Pumpkin Patch/Hay Maze
Su 21st: Haunted House Decorating (like Gingerbread houses)
M 22nd: Homemade Doughnuts/Hot Chocolate
T 23rd: Halloween Coloring Contest
W 24th: Make Halloween Bags
Th 25th: Read Halloween Books
F 26th: Treat - Witches Hat. Movie - Wizard of Oz
S 27th: Decorate/Paint/Carve Pumpkins
Su 28th: Tell Halloween Jokes while drinking Spider Cider
M 29th: Spiderweb Cheesecake
T 30th: Make a spooky fort and read books with flashlights
W 31st: Trick or Treat
There is a very good chance that I will not get to everything. (however the boys will probably do a good job making sure things happen). But I love to be flexible, so some things might change depending on the kind of day we're having.
I just hope it's a good month with all my boys.
