Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Top 10 Things We Like To Do At Halloween

This week's top ten is in honor of Halloween which is at the end of this week. We have done some great activities over the years during Halloween time and we thought we would share a few of our favorites since we have been a family.

1. Dressing Up as a Family - The last several years we have dressed up as a theme as a family. We have been Renaissance royalty, 70's hippies, Indians, Cowboys, and this year we are Greek Gods and Goddesses.
2. Ward Trunk or Treating - This has been a fun tradition no matter where we have lived. It is great fun to see how creating each person in the ward can be.
3. Chili and Cornbread - Scott loves chili and cornbread. He would eat it every week if he could.
4. Decorating and Crafts - The girls really love it when Scott decorates the outside of our house. We have a witch on our door that they especially love because it looks like she smashed into it. Crafts are a given in the DeGooyer house no matter what the occasion. The girls really enjoy them and Sundy is very creative.
5. Pumpkin Carving - Sundy and Scott first did this with Zane and Tara and then started doing it with the girls. We have had some real cool ones, including a NY Jets one!
6. Schnepf Farms - This is a farm here in Queen Creek that has rides and farm animals and food and corn fields. We have gone the last few years and it has always been a blast!
7. Sundy’s Candy Jars - Sundy made up some candy jars to put out as decoration. They have fun names on them like Cyclops Blood, Frog Eyes, Scarab Beetles, Spider Legs, and Blast-Ended Screwt Venom. These have been a hit with everyone.
8. Lots of Candy - Isn't this what Halloween is all about? We always have a ton of candy left over and usually wind up throwing some away.
9. Trick or Treating as a Neighborhood - In Las Vegas we had a wonderful neighborhood that did a ton of things together. One of them was to go trick or treating around the extended neighborhood. We sure do miss those days.
10. Celebrating with Matt and Lori - Halloween wouldn't be Halloween without the Haskin family. We have had so much fun celebrating with them over the years.

2 comments:

DeGooyer Family said...

Fun traditions!!

Stacey said...

Hey - send me a copy of what the jars look like and are made of, I'd love to use these in my classroom!