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Our Halloween Traditions

October 17, 2010 By: Nada Manleycomment

Wow… October is the best time of the year to be in Central Florida, and there is no shortage of fun things to do. The weather is just gorgeous and everyone is in a festive mood. Their are fairs, Octoberfests, pumpkin patches, corn mazes… and we’ve managed to create a few simple family traditions for the month of October.

1. Go to the Pumpkin Patch at the United Methodist Church in Port Orange with my sister and her girls, and take a group picture posed on the pumpkins. I always try to dress them for the occasion. I am not sure if they are going to wear their “Daddy’s Little Pumpkin” tees or something cuter, but in fall colors. (Note: I posted the picture from Sunday’s Pumpkin Patch visit, above. As you can see, I opted for the cuter outfits since we were going straight from church. I’m glad I did because my nieces all looked like little fashion plates. It’s next to impossible to get all the girls to cooperate, but from left to right, we have Eva, Maddie, Bella and Lola. Alex is standing in the back, refusing to smile.) After we get our pumpkin home, my husband cuts the top off, puts it on a tablecloth on the kitchen floor and the girls scoop out the insides. Then we carve it. They love this project.

2. Create a mini Funkin: Funkins are synthetic pumpkins that last forever, and we’ve started a little tradition of carving one every year and putting the year on it, so one day we will have a whole row to commemorate many happy Octobers!

3. Go to a kiddie Halloween Party followed by Trick or Treating with my sister and her girls in their more kid-friendly neighborhood. This year she is also doing a Halloween dinner. Of course this involves another group picture of all five of the girls in their costumes.

4. Decorate Halloween cookies: I bought gingerbread cookies in the shape of pumpkins for the girls to decorate, as well as a Halloween gingerbread house. Lola, Eva, and their cousins will have fun doing these projects during our standing Thursday afternoon gatherings at my parents house!

5. Go to every fair, festival, and other fun happening possible: October always seems jam-packed – with birthday parties, fairs, parties… My girls love kiddie rides, so we never miss Family Dayz, the Octoberfests, or any of the other carnivals that come through town if we can help it! We also like to go to the Enchanted Forest held in South Daytona. It’s a hayride that takes you through a park where local high school students stage mini productions of fairy tales. It’s too cute! Another favorite activity is to rent a golf cart at Cracker Creek, a nature preserve and historic site, and go on a little nature drive/walk, picking up pinecones and just enjoying the beautiful weather!

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