Happy Thursday! It’s the last Thursday of the month so I am linking up with Holly and Patty to answer 10 fun seasonal questions. I love thinking about my answers and seeing everyone else’s answers, too!
This month we are talking about Halloween!
1-Favorite Halloween traditions – think back if you have littles? I love trick-or-treating! They have so much fun getting dressed up and running around the neighborhood. Honestly, even though it is an absolutely bonkers day, I love Halloween at school, too. The kids are so excited and it’s fun (and exhausting) to watch.
2-Any special Halloween dinners or spooky snacks? I usually make chili in the crockpot because it is ready when we get home and everyone can eat when they want to. My parents and Jeff’s parents have come to our house for Halloween and it’s an easy dinner. This year I am making mummy hot dogs because we aren’t so pressed for time to get out there. Jeff makes a delicious Halloween drink of apple cider and whipped cream vodka or caramel vodka. We’ve had it hot and cold depending on the weather.
3-What do you typically do on Halloween? We trick-or-treat in our neighborhood. The boys go with friends. Jeff or I tag along sometimes because it’s fun to walk around. Last year, I stayed home and handed out the candy. That was fun, too because I teach all the kids in our neighborhood!
4-Do you carve or paint pumpkins? We carve pumpkins! The past few years, I start out carving and the guys usually join me by the end.
5-Favorite Halloween candy? Reese’s for sure.
6-What are you giving out for Halloween this year? We have a mix of sugar candy and chocolate candy. I always like to have a mix for allergies and preferences.
7-Full size or fun size? Fun size over here. We get so many trick-or-treaters that full size would be sooo expensive.
8-Favorite Halloween costume of all time? I loved the year Jack decided to be a UPS driver. Luke wanted to be a house one year. It didn’t make it through trick-or-treating but I loved the creativity. Luke was an adorable Mickey Mouse one year. The super heroes with big muscles are too cute!
9-Favorite Halloween movies? I like The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and Hocus Pocus. I am not a fan of scary movies at all!
10-What are trick-or-treat hours where you live? Usually we trick-or-treat on Halloween from 6-8 pm. I have a feeling it might go a little later this year because it is on a Friday night.
I hope everyone is ready for a fun Halloween tomorrow! Have a great day full of sunshine and books!
Those are some very creative costumes!
Ok, whipped cream vodka sounds amazing. God bless all the school employees on Halloween…and the day after. Thanks for joining us this month.
These pictures are just precious- love seeing the excited little faces in their special costumes- I am sure school is fun even when the kids are wild!
The rainbow wig! So fun! Halloween during the elementary years is so special…but I’m sure hectic for teachers. Love all the costume photos – too sweet. We’re in the same boat with these kids growing up too fast. I love our pumpkin carving tradition & happy the kids pd most of the work now.
Your ruffled Jack o lantern shirt is so cute! I’ve not seen one like that before. We are the same way about handing out full size candy bars- no way! We get a lot of trick or treaters. There are two houses in our neighborhood that give out the full sized ones. The kids loved those houses but of course most were like us and handed out fun sized ones. Cute pictures of the kids in their costumes 🙂
So fun to look back at how everyone has grown. I like the home made costumes. I feel like people get more creative these days in that department than they did when I was raising mine. It’s going to be cool here this year so that sometimes impacts costumes. Happy Halloween!
Having it on a Friday is indeed cool – for them. Not so much for the folks wanting to sleep.