I have so many awesome childhood memories of this holiday. My mom would work for hours and hours over a sewing machine so that I would have the best costume in school. We had dry ice in our witch's brew (i.e. homemade root beer). My parents would run us to every corner of town, well past trick-or-treat hours, until we had at least 3 plastic pumpkins full of candy. We would pass out the full-sized candy bars and be the best house to visit. Starting me off with a solid foundation of competitiveness and a pre-disposition to diabetes. (I kid, I kid...sort of)
My absolute favorite memory of all is our annual Halloween dinner. Every Halloween my mom would make homemade spooooooky pizzas. And they were great.
I have no idea how to sew, and we don't take trick-or-treating as seriously, but I have hung on to passing out the full-size candy bars (much to B's chagrin..he gets stingy) and of course, making spooky pizzas (much to B's excitement...he loves food).
All you have to do is make your own pizza dough (or save some time and buy those packs of instant pizza dough mix, or refrigerated or frozen dough). Then press, stretch, and shape the dough into whatever you want. Mine always include 2 jack-o-lanterns, 2 ghosts, and a bat. (Excessive? Yes, but it is a holiday! And again, there's my foundation of gluttony....) Add your sauce and toppings, then the cheese. You can make faces using the toppings on top of the cheese, and voila! I am hoping this is a tradition that our kids will continue to love as much as I do.
These pictures are from last year, and they suck, and I burnt the bat, but you get the idea.
And for fun, some cute kid pictures. And Bowser. Because he is the greatest dog ever.
