And so it begins.

The Halloween hoopla.

Last Friday, the peas were out of school. We decided that would be a good day to host a Halloween party at our house - like we do every year.

For the kids of course! It IS my favorite holiday, yes. And yes, I have said, at my wake, bring out all my Halloween decorations, dress in costume and have fun because, I do love it ...that much. It's just fun!

All the monster movies I saw as a kid - Frankenstein and Dracula and Mummies - I love all that stuff!

(Love VINTAGE halloween too - let me know if you have a good resource - hard to come by, affordably!)

We had mummy races.

We had "Boo Am I" charades where you had to pop the "ghost" balloon to get your clue inside and then act out your monster.

We ate edible eyeballs because um, hello? Like, who wouldn't want to eat monster eyeballs from the mad scientist laboratory? Ahh...dontcha know - they are SO good! Tastes just like a powdered donut hole! Amazing, isn't it?!

And we had Frankensteins Lab all set up...I'll have to add those photos later. Brains, cyclops eyes, veins, tongues, and heart...and of course, wrinkly old toes. The kids were totally freaked out. I LOVED it! muhhaahahhaa!

The peas were pirates. Total thrift store costume. Pants, thrift store - and then shreded. Shirt, thrift store - perfect! Sash, thrift store - old tie. Accessories, found those on vacation. Costume total cost - $8. Not bad.

Now...how do I dress the baby up like a pirate? Any ideas?