Alright, by the time I post this, it will just about be Halloween, and Halloween is kind of a fun time around the Croel household. The kids love the decorations and candy. We’ve been listening to Halloween music for about 6 weeks (it’s about time for that to end, by the way), and we’ve had decorations up since the end of September. Elijah and Alexandra love to show visitors all of our Halloween decorations – so it’s pretty fun all in all. Here is a link to a post last year about Halloween, and another post from last year that has my Halloween playlist for my ipod.
So… I wanted to get a picture up of our pumpkins for this year. I let the kids pick out what they wanted, so we ended up with Buzz Lightyear and Elmo. And to let you know the additions to my Halloween song collection.
- “Little Shop of Horrors (Prologue)” from the soundtrack for the musical: just a simple fun little tune about a man eating plant
- “I Put a Spell on You” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins: I really like CCR’s cover of this song, so I didn’t ever get this original, however, this year I did and love it. The guy sounds psycho, and I kind of believe that he really put a spell on someone.
- “Riders on the Storm” by the Doors: cool music, good thunderstorm, dark feeling sound, but man it’s long…
- “Carmina Burana: O Fortuna” by the London Philharmonic Orchestra: A cool piece of dramatic sounding classical music that you’d recognize instantly if you heard it.
Another tradition that we are starting to develop is getting those wonderful, sugar filled monster cereal that I remember from my youth, such as Frankenberry, Boo-Berry, and Count Chocula. Having kids is a wonderful excuse to get back into those.
Finally, here are some fun links for you. First, a site called “Zombie Pumpkins” that has several cool designs for pumpkin carving at a great price. Second, another pumpkin carving site with some weird twists – extreme pumpkins.