Sometime the week before or the week of Halloween, I like to carve a pumpkin. Usually, I carve a regular pumpkin face but this year I decided to get a little more creative with my carving "skills" and carve Doc McStuffins. Our niece is going to be her for Halloween, so I thought it would be fitting. It turned out pretty good and I am proud of my handiwork.
At dinner time, probably around 5 o'clock or so (since trick or treating starts at 6), we have Chili. Kevin likes to load his up with sour cream, cheese and fritos. He hates tomatoes so this apparently covers up all that yumminess. I like to eat my chili plain with a little bit of sour cream. This is a tradition we started a couple of years ago. Kevin grew up eating Chili every Halloween before he went out trick or treating. It's a great meal to have before you wander off in the cold collecting lots of candy that will probably rot your teeth one day.
Around 6 o'clock, I like to turn on Halloween music on the TV or an ABC Family Halloween movie to get into the mood. Our first visitors are usually our two neighbor girls (they always get extra candy)! Lucky ducks! :) It seems like kids don't like to say "trick or treat" anymore, it's usually a simple knock or a doorbell ring. If we know the kids, we make them say "trick or treat" before they can get their candy. After all, it is Halloween and that's how it should be done. We usually sit around listening to the Halloween music or watching a Halloween movie, like Hocus Pocus while waiting for our next batch of Princesses and ghosts. Our niece and nephew always visit our house and get lots of candy from their favorite aunt and uncle. We enjoy seeing their costumes every year!
Buddy isn't too keen on people ringing our doorbell constantly. He likes to jump at the window and bark at everyone and I mean EVERYONE that comes to the house. We dress Buddy in a glow-in-the-dark Halloween shirt and take him for a short walk once the trick-or-treaters have died down. It's usually a cold walk but a good one to calm him down after an anxiety-filled evening.
2012, he was a Michigan football player
We usually always have left over candy, which Kevin very much enjoys. We should divide it up so that we don't eat it all up in the following week, but nonetheless, it's pretty much always gone a week after Halloween has passed. And of course, we regret eating it so quickly then.
As per the usual Michigan weather, this year Halloween will be 41° with a 60% chance of rain. Awesome! (insert sarcasm here). Have a Happy Halloween!
What are some of your Halloween traditions?
