For Chris, Melissa and Katy!This time of year reminds me so much of my mom. Halloween was her favorite holiday, and we had a lot of fun, simple traditions that we always did. I have tried to do many of these same traditions with my own kids. On Wednesday, we carved pumpkins which is always fun and hectic with little ones. I am including the picture of Jordan because if you look closely you will see the paper she is looking at is a copy of the same one we always used to find our jack-o-lantern faces. It is from the 1969 issue of the Friend magazine.
Last night was trick or treating (for some reason, it is held on the night before Halloween in our town). We were absolutely spoiled because the weather (especially for Iowa) was perfect. Warm enough to actually just wear your costume and not a hundered layers! (We had Hannah Montana, High School Musical cheerleader, and Dalmatian Dog) Anyway, after a fun evening, I was tucking the girls in bed, and I ran to get my Halloween poem book. Every year for as long as I can remember, my mom would read this poem on Halloween night. I can still hear her voice saying the words. I am including a copy of this poem especially for my siblings who truly understand the magic of having a parent like my mom.
Tonight, we will have our traditional spooky Halloween meal with the menu posted. This year it is Layered Bat Wings with Witch's Brew (Lasagna), Skeleton Fingers (Bread sticks), Cat Eyes (Corn), Goblin Greens (Salad) and Ghost Blood (Milk). I can't make it too gross or the girls won't eat it! I just love doing these fun things with my kids.
Happy Halloween By Jack Prelutsky
It's late and we are sleepy
The air is cold and still
Our jack-o-lantern grins at us
Upon the window sill.
We're stuffed with cake and candy
And we've had a lot of fun,
But now it's time to go to bed
And dream of all we've done.
We'll dream of ghosts and goblins
And of witches that we've seen,
And we'll dream of trick-or-treating
On this happy Halloween.
2 comments:
You make me wish I was a better mother like you. Your girls are lucky to have you. I am so glad that I finally found your blog. What a great blog it is. I hope all is well with you and your family. Thanks for doing the newsletter it was great! We miss you and now that I have your blog I will feel closer, yeah!! Love you all.
Hi, Jamie! And welcome back to Iowa. The mystery of your city's odd trick-or-treat night evaded me for years. I finally learned that they move trick-or-treat night so they can hold the Halloween parade downtown on actual Halloween. (Or because older kids like to go trick-or-treating two nights in a row--once in your town and once in the town next door.)
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