Unfortunately, I haven't been able to do as much this Halloween because of decreased energy and increased feeling gross. Mike went out and picked out our pumpkins and cleaned them both out...alone. He decorated the front of our house...alone. He's gotten everything ready for trick-or-treaters, which is no small task, since the number of children in DuPont is roughly equal to that of the rest of Washington state put together. And he did it all...alone. I feel bad watching him because I've been so boring lately.
One tradition that we started last year that I've been able to participate fully in is our "13 Nights of Halloween," where we watch a Halloween-ish themed movie every night for the 13 nights prior to and including Halloween. We have a whole list of movies and obviously we can't get to all of them every year, so we rotate. Some of the movies on our list are "Phantom of the Opera," "The Mummy," "Scared Shrekless," "Monsters, Inc.," "Rear Window," "Blackbeard's Ghost," "The Private Eyes," "Arsenic and Old Lace," "Scooby Doo," "Harry Potter," "Ghostbusters," and "Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown." I love that there's at least ONE thing I can do to celebrate the holiday with him.
Another tradition is to make a fun meal on Halloween night. Last year we had a feast, but I didn't know if I'd be able to do something this year. I'm kind of a Halloween food snob when it comes to creativity. I DON'T find it creative to put "Spooky" or "Ghoulish" on the front of a normal recipe and call it Halloween food. I think that's a creative cop-out. And I don't want my food (no matter how good it tastes) to look like gross things such as vomit or cat food. So with those stipulations, I had to find something that both Mike and I like (difficult since there are about 10 foods right now that don't make me nauseated) AND is easy to make.
I think I found some fun things... Tune in to tomorrow's entry to see how our Halloween feast turns out.
"... just laugh HO HO! Because you know there's no such thing as a witch!"
ReplyDeleteWould you please list all the words to that song?
ReplyDeleteMy dad used to sing it to us every Halloween.
DeleteWhen you're all alone in the country
And the night is dark as pitch
Just laugh, "ho ho"
Because you know there's
No such thing as a witch
Skeletons and goblins are only make believe
Folks dressed up in costumes just try to scare you "BOO!"
When you're all alone in the country
And the night is dark as pitch
Just laugh, "ho ho"
Because you know there's
No such thing as a witch!