How do you do Halloween?

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays! The costumes, the cookies, the candy, the scary films on tv! I love all of it! This year will be my daughter's first Halloween and I'm super excited to dress her up! I think we'll just take her down a few streets in our neighborhood for some good ol' trick or treating. Nothing too big since she's only 9 months. (I'll be sure to thank her for the candy when she's older). I know Val blogged about costumes and making sure that the kiddos are warm while out trick or treating but maybe this year you won't be going outside. I've noticed in the past few years that there aren't as many kids going trick or treating. People having parties, churches or other organizations having trunk or treating or holding parties, people going out to dinner or maybe you'll just be staying in. Staying cozy in your own home while handing out candy. Anyway you do it, we want to know! How do you do HALLOWEEN?

The great costume find

It's almost Halloween, do you have your costume yet? I must admit I don't really like Halloween for this very reason! Getting the kids to figure out what they want to be and then trying to find a costume is totally stressful to me! My rule is that their costume has to come from home. I will buy something to complete the outfit but I won't spend 40 dollars on a plastic costume that no one will see anyway because it will be covered up by a winter coat and hat and gloves because living in N. Idaho pretty much means it will most likely be 30 degrees, if not colder on Halloween night. It's even snowed on us before. I love it when people think outside the box and get really creative with their costumes. Not that there is anything wrong with say the cheerleader, which my daughter wants to be again this year (hey no need to buy a new costume, works for me!) or being the scream man, which totally creeps me out but there seem to be a lot out there. Check out these cute and creative costumes that I found on familyfun.com. They are sooo cute! I love them. Family fun always has such great ideas.

I think the gnome little guy is my favorite. He's so cute.
So I think on Halloween I'll cuddle up with a cup of hot cider and watch The Great pumkin Charlie Brown (my fav!) and have a snickers or two and see what comes up my driveway this year.

*I thought it would be fun to have a little costume contest so send us some pictures of your kids and their costumes that you wouldnt' mind sharing on the blog, and we'll send a little something to the winner! Can't wait to see what you all come up with! Just send pics to ladeevalerie@aol.com