Typhoon Day = Halloween Play

It is no secret I'm obsessed with Halloween. The great thing is Cody loves it too. I've been biding my time until I can put up decorations and start with the fun foods, but I've been thinking about it for months, if not the entire year. I'll be honest, having my due date so close to Halloween is concerning. First, I don't want Ridge's birthday overshadowed or doubled up with Halloween every year (or to be truthful, vice versa). I like to keep my holidays separate; mostly so there are more days to celebrate. Second, I don't want Halloween to be overshadowed by going into labor or being too uncomfortable to really celebrate (whether by early delivery or being nine months pregnant). I would actually prefer to have the baby late so I can celebrate Halloween this year. Call me crazy, but that is how much I love the holiday.

I've decided I must get my kicks in early, just in case. Originally I was planning to start as soon as October was here, but this weekend is going to be a busy one and Thursday was pretty open so I decided Jade and I would at least decorate a little earlier.

Then a typhoon hit yesterday. Hmmm... what a perfect opportunity! The three of us stuck inside all day? What better way to spend it than having a day full of Halloween activities?! So I told Jadyn it was a Halloween party all day. She loves anything with the word "party" in it, so it was an automatic hit. We had a super fun day and I'm pretty sure it is safe to say Jadyn is a Halloween-lover too.

We started off with a Halloween-y outfit.

Then came a "monster mouth" snack.

Then we put up decorations and played pass the pumpkin.

With the decorations box, out came Jade's Halloween book. I'm pretty sure my in-laws gave it to her to torture us with the loud, cackling Halloween sounds it makes, buuut truth is the Halloween sounds make my heart oh, so happy! And even more so because Jade loves the book and had it playing all day.

For lunch I fixed Jade a PB&H Jack-O-Lantern sandwich. She doesn't look very happy about it here, but I promise she loved it. What she didn't love was mom making her wait to eat it while we took a picture.

Then we made a treat. You know one of the great things about Halloween? You can make just about anything, add food coloring, and give it a new name and it becomes festive. In this case Lemon Bars become "swamp bars" or "mildew bars." These even got an "eewww they look moldy" from Cody. But that didn't stop him from eating half the pan.

While I made dinner, Jade painted a pumpkin.

And the final Halloween item of our typhoon day: a Chicken Broccoli Snake for dinner (click on link for recipe). I was worried Jade might not want to eat it, but she was so excited from the moment she saw it baking in the oven. She started showing me how to slither on the ground like a snake, kept asking when it was going to be done, and she even ate seconds!

Oh, how I love typhoon days!!