Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from our chubby little Bun!

If you ask me, Halloween is one of the best days to have kids–there’s almost as much giddy exitement as Christmas morning!!! Here are a couple ways to make Halloween super fun for your kiddos (thanks to my own shy mama for the childhood inspiration!):

• Brew Up a Spooky Dinner!
  Its hard to hold the wiggles in when all you want to do is trick-or-treat, but a fun dinner can help! When we were kids, my mama whipped up a fully orange dinner every year. One year she even scooped out mini-pumpkins into bowls to hold our mac-n-cheese. Check out Parents Magazine’s idea for a ghoulish meal (via This Week for Dinner)!
• Whip Up a Last Minute Costume
  Think you’ve waited too long to put together a costume for your little one (or yourself?). Parents Magazine to the rescue again! Check out their last minute costumes you can make from things around your house! (via Tangled and True)
• Snuggle Up and Scare Yourself
  Don’t forget to enjoy the evening yourself! Once your princesses and cowboys have settled down to bed, pop in one of these fun and frightening flicks (and maybe sneak a Snickers out of one of those plastic pumpkin pails…):
  1. The Skeleton Key
  2. I Am Legend
  3. Invasion
  4. The Haunting (I recommend the original black & white version… scary!)
  5. The Others
  6. What Lies Beneath
  7. Poltergeist
  8. The Ring
  9. Jaws
  10. (or if your kids want to stay up) It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Happy Halloween!

Annie