Hello October!! You had better bring cooler temps because September was confused about what fall means! I am so ready for my hoodies and overalls and sweaters and this weather has not been participating in fall.
October, October. Probably one of my favorite months. I love Halloween! I have always loved Halloween, even the years I got strep throat and had to miss trick or treating. Because for me it wasn’t necessarily about the trick or treating, it was the build up. The fun cartoon movies that we watched. Our family trip to the orchard with all of my cousins, and then following it up with chili at my aunt’s house where we all carved our pumpkins together. Picking my costume and my parents making it. I was a cat once, a Scottish dancer, Scooby Doo (my mom hand sewed the most awesome costume for this), Minnie Mouse. Batgirl, that was another great one. We had so many traditions, and that is something I have tried to form with Wyatt as well. These family traditions. My cousin Brian and Devin (my brother) have this same feeling of nostalgia, and now Brian hosts family get togethers during the school year, and all of our kids play together, or make things together and I love it.
Trick or treating with Devin and Mermaid Girl and now the Hurricane in their neighborhood feels like the 80s. The streets are packed with kids, the homeowners are out in front of their homes passing out candy, and the houses are highly decorated, and the feeling is just so cheerful and full of community. Our own little Stars Hollow moment, I guess! There are fires (contained fires of course, not the Detroit Devil’s Night fires from the 80s and 90s) and the mood is high. I should really change Mermaid Girl’s nickname on here, she is no longer into mermaids and hasn’t been for a long time, she is more KPop girl now and has been for some time, but she is staying Mermaid Girl.
We have so many fun things lined up for the month! We have the Detroit Zoo Boo, an orchard outing (or two), our Blackbirds field trip to Belle Isle, our Blackbirds Spooky Not Spooky party, of course cousin Brian’s get together for the kids, and a Halloween bonfire at the farm with Blackbirds as well.
As for myself, I am looking forward to all the spooky books, apple ciders, bonfires, and doughnuts. Because I do love a doughnut. I am planning a few extra things for the season as well, for our family but I am still in the planning process so hopefully I can get them done! And I am also really looking forward to Lisa at Boondock Rambling and my Comfy Cozy Cinema, and our crafternoons. (I have info linked at the top of my blog if you are interested!) I have picked my embroidery back up and am stitching away now at night while we watch our shows and movies. And my stepmom gave me materials to play with jewelry making, but maybe I am not creative enough or something because I can’t figure it out. However, Cat who attends crafternoons is a jewelry maker so perhaps I will try when we are zooming together and get some tips….
We had a jam packed September. I think we were making up for our lost summer! I feel like October will be the same, and then I can relax into November.
And that is it from me today! I hope that whatever you do today, you do something that makes you smile!
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I haven’t had a donut in ages. That sounds really good right now! Seems like our neighborhood (or at least our street) has fallen out of favor with trick or treaters. We’d been down to one bag of candy and near the end, doubling what we put in the bags! I don’t remember why but I’m not sure that last year we even participated. I miss that.
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Jeanie, I highly suggest that you get your little self to an apple orchard and get a cinnamon donut STAT. Lol.
Our neighborhood is like that too. Just dark and empty. About twenty years ago it was full of houses handing out candy, now nothing. I tried and kids look at a dark block with one house lit up and skip it. It’s fun to be back in an area with lots of Halloween fun!
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We have had 0 fall weather!! It’s been so hot and I’m over it. I want my comfy hoodies! haha. We did put out all our inflatables because my kids are obsessed with Halloween. They are ready! Hopefully, we get cooler weather soon!
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We had a few days. 😦 But that was it. It is hot and I am done as well!! I just want my comfy clothes too. Lol. Our inflatable is up as well! And yes fingers crossed it is on the way!
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Yep, we had False Fall for a wonderful week early in September. Now, we’re back to the 80s. Your Halloween plans sound fun. I want to move to your town. It sounds just like where I want to be!
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We had that too, and I miss it. This heat is depressing. Lol.
And this place can be fun sometimes. 🙂
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I was thrilled to wake up to cool, windy temps today… but it’s just a teaser as it’s supposed to be back into the 80’s by Monday. What is up with this fall? I hate to complain because it could so go the other way and be suuper cold and I’d rather have an extension of summer than winter but I do miss my sweaters and jeans. I hate to admit it but I’ve always hated Halloween. I hated the hassle of pulling a costume together and it inevitably was so uncomfortable by the end of the night plus trick or treating caused a lot of anxiety for me since I always scared easy as a kid and so many people enjoy making their houses spooky– there are a few that scared me so good as a young kid that I never went back to their houses even when I was in high school! LOL. To me it was never worth the candy and that was pretty much the only reason I agreed to go.
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This fall so far is a bummer as far as weather goes! I want my fall clothes. I am so done with my summer clothes now.
My mom does not like Halloween either! She always laughs how she hates it and somehow my brother and I ended up loving it!!
I do not like haunted houses! I can’t go in them, they scare me too bad! And horror movies these days are just too realistic with their effects so I can’t watch those either. Which is fine, I don’t need all that taking up space in my brain anyway.
Oh! I just read Ghost Business by Jen DeLuca and it was soooo cute!
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The last two days were warm if you were in the sun, but it’s definitely fall and I love it.
I always loved the idea of Halloween (I first came across it in a Mary Poppins book), but it’s not something we celebrated in the same way (in our area, but mostly the rural parts, not in the city where I was, children had “turnip ghosts”, but there was no candy involved). I had my first real Halloween experience at about 17 – longer story – in the housing area of our local US Army barracks and it was such fun!
It’s still not very big here except for Halloween parties in big cities.
I’ll be happy to give you tips, Erin! You can also email me if you want tips for tutorials to help you or if you have questions.
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Ugh it is horrible here!! I am so jealous!!
I have read how turnips used to be used in places! How neat! And how fun must that have been!! Halloween here really is such an American kind of thing isn’t it?
And thank you Cat!! I appreciate it! I have to be honest, I get it all out and don’t even know where to begin!
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We’re getting the nice colours now and pumpkin themed stuff in the shops, a few decorations going up on houses. At the moment for me it’s all about the local council by-election (on Thursday) which is how come I’ve slipped back with my blog reading as I’ve been pounding the streets with our candidate – but seeing some lovely houses and trees!
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