I’m finally getting the chance to share some of my favorite family Halloween Ideas with you. Now I will admit, I’ve mixed a bit of both family and adult because we deserve some grown-up fun too, you feel me?
If you’ve been following me for any length of time then you know that the holidays, collectively Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve, are my favorite time of year. There are a lot of reasons why.
Why I’m So Obsessed With Halloween and the “Holidays”
First and most importantly, it’s a time to get together with family and make lasting memories. But beyond the quality family time, it’s when summer is coming to an end, the colors are changing, layers come out and everything just seems magical in a warm and fuzzy kind of way. And after all, that’s what “a magical feeling” is, a feeling that takes you away!
Well, if ever there were a reason to spend some extra money on the magical vibes, that time is now. And honestly, I don’t even feel bad about it. I don’t know about you, but the decorations in my house come out on September 1st.
As many of you know, I bought my first home in January, so this year is an extra special year to decorate (and buy more crap let’s be honest here). On September 1st, I decorate for fall then, on October 1st, all the Halloween decor comes out, aaaand on November 1st, I go back to fall decor until BLACK FRIDAY when I decorate the whole house for Christmas on nothing but 17 cups of coffee and cheer!
So how are the holidays going so far? Well, Halloween was a hit!
Back in the States for Halloween
This is the first year we have been back in the states for Halloween. We’ve spent the last several years in Mexico celebrating the Day of the Dead with Xcaret (which I highly recommend you do at least once in your life). Needless to say, the Halloween ideas were flowing.
This year my son, who is just turning 10, said, “Mom, I want to trick-or-treat like a normal kid this year.” How could I argue with that? I mean, after all, he had just spent the last few years hanging out with Mayan Chiefs and walking around Mexican graveyards.
I had a lot to think about this year for Halloween. This being our first in our brand new home in a new neighborhood with new neighbors, I really wanted to make it special. I hadn’t bought my son a Halloween costume since he was six so, I didn’t even know where to start!
I also wanted to get some really fun photos to commemorate our first Halloween in the states in years, and I wanted the decorations to be really pretty. Well wouldn’t you know, the blogging Gods delivered