Halloween Traditions
Halloween. For us it marks the beginning of the holiday season. When the pumpkins come out, so does my Christmas music. What a great way to kick it off by spending an evening with your neighborhood, building friendships and having fun together. We started a tradition a few years ago of hosting our neighbors for a potluck dinner prior to trick or treating. It is a day when parents get off of work early and no one has plans to leave the street for the whole night. Truly the most perfect time to host a get together. Plus it helps the kids to possibly get some protein into their systems prior to the sweet fest. Another halloween tradition is carving pumpkins. We usually do our pumpkin carving outside, but hurricane Sandy forced us indoors this year. Nothing a tarp and some furniture rearranging couldn't handle. The girls painted two pumpkins they had picked out at a pumpkin farm about a month ago. Two pumpkins, two paint trays, two cups, two brushes = two happy gi