October 1st

Back in August, I had to make a royal "proclamation". We would not be discussing halloween costumes or decorations until October 1st. Now, before that sounds too ridiculous to you, you must understand that my third child is a Halloween junkie!! I'm mean, a SERIOUS junkie. When he was four, he talked about what he was going to be for the NEXT Halloween every day for NINE MONTHS. He also spent all of his time in the car for a good month poring over the Halloween edition of Oriental Trading-almost hours at a time. So the mandate was for my own sanity. Little did I know that we would have a countdown to October 1st, athough I'm not surprised one bit.

Now, I must mention that my dear mother is the great facilitator! She is on the lookout months in advance for Halloween things. She also has a serious addiction to Oriental Trading, but that's a story for another day. She has been dubbed the "Halloween Fairy" because she will sweep in from time to time and leave halloween things behind.

So, with all that being said, here is our first installment of Halloween decorations. I say first installment since the Halloween Fairy will be bringing craft projects by for the young ones as the month progresses.

So from our house to yours, Happy Halloween Season!!! (Delainey's name for it since she sobbed for about 20 minutes yesterday as she tried to process that Ocotber 1st, was in fact, NOT Halloween!)

The family room. The Halloween fairy delivered the things hanging from the ceiling, and to be honest, it looks really cool. Much to Matt's chagrin. (he's not completely sold on the "early decorating")


Books and sound making stuffables



The duckie line up-they are mummies, vampires, devils, and pumpkins, with a guest appearance of Spookely the square pumpin