For those of you who know me I am not a huge fan of celebrating Halloween. I knew I would have to make some tough decisions once I had Gracelyn! I didn't want to completely ignore the holiday or make it some bad scary thing, but I was having a hard time trying to make it fun and not scary. My mom and sisters would always tell me it is how you celebrate it. Growing up Halloween always meant homemade nachos, dressing up (nothing scary) and going trick or treating with Daddy. My mom would always stay at home and pass out the candy. So clearly it was a fun event back then... somehow as I got older I just decided I could skip it altogether. Well, now that I am Mommy I had to make the decision to MAKE it fun!! David would always host a fall pumpkin carving party in his bachelor days complete with homemade caramel apples... so he made the holiday fun!! I asked him what he wanted to do now that we had Gracelyn. We agreed to go to a few houses in our neighborhood and then head over to THE BEST NEIGHBORHOOD EVER!! The one I grew up in. Where everyone knows everyone and we have a small reunion in the driveways of their homes!
My sister and her husband go all out!! Gracelyn wore her Candy Corn Costumes I made her... well I made her bows and her tutu and then bought the leggings and shirt :)
We ate yummy spider cookies and witches finger breadsticks
drank a fogging punch
Gigi had so much fun as we painted pumpkins
decorated goody bags, made popcorn balls and somehow the guys managed to set off a dry ice bomb (really... are you THAT surprised... the footage is on Facebook on David's page if you want to see it) Anyway, my sister made it so fun!!! It really encouraged me and showed me that Halloween can be a safe, fun Holiday to celebrate! Of course we will still have some strict rules once Gigi gets older ;) For now though we will have fun decorating pumpkins and dressing up :)
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What a fun little Halloween party. She looks so cute
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