Halloween....

Halloween is a BIG holiday in our house. It stems from Mr.C's upbringing at his dads. My FIL(father-in-law) is crazy obsessed about Halloween. I remember the first year Chris and I were together at Halloween, I was AMAZED by the amount of Halloween stuff he had. Growing up in the country, on a farm, in the middle of nowhere, we never got trick or treaters, and my parents would just buy us each a bag of candy and call it good. No decorating, no cookies, no costumes. So I never really "got" Halloween.

Fast forward 3 years, I'm *almost* as crazy about this holiday as Mr.C is, but I still hold on tight to my roots. I'm not a HUGE fan of clutter. In fact, it makes me nervous to have so much extra crap all over the house. But this year is different. CB is really enjoying seeing all the holiday stuff up, and its really special to see his little eyes get big when we plug in the lights.

We used to host a Halloween Costume party, it was always REALLY fun and tons of booze, drunk people, and skanky costumes...Two years ago, CB was born so obviously with a newborn I was not up to a skank fest halloween, last year I was to busy and to stressed about his first birthday, this year, we're taking a really laid back approach to his birthday and going on a trip to Great Wolf next week. So this year, while its not the drunken hoe fest it normally is, we're throwing a spooktacular game night. complete with a full spooky menu* and lots of scary movies, and games. I've got some awesome pictures to share when the house is complete, I've almost got the spooky outdoors finished it just needs the pumpkins and corn stalks.

*On to the Dinner menu for the party
I'm making home made pizza dough so everyone can have their choice of toppings on their personal pizza
Witches Fingers wrapped in Rat Meat - Asparagus wrapped in bacon and baked
Tomb Stones - Graham crackers covered in black dyed hummus
Pumpkin Cupcakes
Bloody Mary's

and probably some usual chips and dip.

Pictures to come, just gotta take em, and edit em