Unless you are brand shiny new to this blog, it should come as no surprise at all that Halloween is the absolute fave holiday of my quirky, some might say eccentric, little family. Every year, the theme is discussed at length, starting in about February. We will be sitting around the table together on Sunday night, a lull comes in the conversation and then my dad lays it down.
“What are we doing for Halloween this year?” And 8 months of preparation get underway. My brother spent many a year in a guerilla costume, while my sister-in-law and I bounced around in psychedelic go-go dancer costumes, while my dad, dressed as a lion tamer, manned the tiki bar where he was giving out shots of rum to the parents. We had a graveyard one year where my brother lay in the front yard, in amongst a bunch of fake dead people, blending right in. When kids would walk by, thinking they were all fakes, he’d suddenly jump up and grab a small innocent child by the ankle, making the hole lots of them scream in fear. Surprising, now that I think about it, that not one ever accidentally tinkled on him with all that fright. There were years where my mom, the great sport that she is, indulged the boys by making a stop at the butcher to pick-up the leftover parts- hearts, livers, and one year…. a whole skinned goat’s head. The one consistent every year is that my mom wears the same costume no matter what the theme, a black skirt and orange jacket, a tall hat and paints on really thick eyebrows, except for the one year she mixed it up and went as Pinocchio, despite the fact that Pinocchio had nothing to do with that year’s theme. The other consistent, my dad pours booze for the parents which makes us very popular.
Any who, this year we are doing Woodstock. This means that I will likely be dressed in my regular clothes, with my usual flower in my hair. I am off to my parents house to cook up the Halloween feast for tonight and help with the house decorating. Pick-up-and-go foods that we can eat while doling out candy/alcohol. I have put together a bunch of fun new posts for next week, starting the week off with the best yet- 5 Easy Ways to Catch The Flu.
Here is the round up of this week’s posts. Happy Halloween!
- Im-Press-ed with The Book Club
- The Roof is On Fiya Like Hot Tomato Salsa
- Im-Press-ed with Raw Mom Blog
- All Things Pumpkin… Medley
- Get Out Those Jazz Hands. It’s Friday!
Halloween is my favorite holiday too!!
Haha so fun you’re doing Woodstock – can’t wait to see photos!!
Sounds like you have an awesome family. Happy Halloween and have lots of fun!
My favorite holiday, too – and we also start planning in February! Have a great day!
Hi Meghan,
I recently purchased a magic bullet because I wanted to mainly grind my own grains & spices at home. But now I am kinda debating (I been debating for a while) whether its a good idea as its mainly made of plastic. I fear that somehow the process of grinding grains…heating the blade etc. thus the grains getting hot while being grinded in plastic container is somehow leaching in the flour/spice that is being grinding. I don’t know maybe its just my paranoia as I have been reading more and more about how plastic is leaching into our food and I’m trying to do my best to avoid foods in plastic. For this reason, I’m thinking of returning the magic bullet and purchasing one that has glass containers. What do you think? I know this is a whole another topic to take on and I understand you might not the time time to discuss this topic in detail but I would definitely value your short opinion. Maybe some day you can take on this topic. Oh, VitaMix isn’t that made of plastic as well.
HI Meghan,
Ive linked to you over at my new nutrition blog. Cos I just love your blog so much!
This would be the correct link to that post. Sorry
never mind researched vitamix – its bpa free but magic bullet doesn’t claim it is so I’ll try not to use it for hot liquids or liquids period.