Happy Halloween :)

Vince and I have a VERY busy Halloween weekend planned, but I am really excited!

Tonight we are going out with his family to celebrate his brother's 30th birthday and then after dinner we need to carve our pumpkins (which we bought awhile ago but never had time to do). Saturday obviously is Halloween, so since we have the party that night I need to get the cleaning and cooking done before our doorbell starts ringing with little kids wanting candy. I love handing out candy to kids, they are always so cute in their little costumes :) I already have a big bowl of candy down in the foyer just waiting for the first trick or treaters..

Then at 8 we have about 30 of our favorite people coming over to celebrate! (and to watch the PHILLIES of course!) On Sunday our neighbors are having a little party at their house at 1 for the E A G L E S game, which we are going to have to leave a little early from to make it to our hot air balloon ride (so excited!) at 4 :) We will then finish off the weekend with dinner at Ludwigs (a cute little restaurant with great food).

Well, like I said it's going to be a busy weekend, but it should all be a lot of fun! (wish I could take off work Monday to relax from all that fun haha) Hope you guys all have a great Halloween weekend too! :)

Halloween Treats

So next Saturday is Halloween (yay!) and Vince and I decided to have a halloween party! (after all the kids in our neighborhood are done trick or treating of course!) So I am starting to look up some themed appetizers to make for the party :) I have found a ton of quick and easy recipes, but these are some of my favorites:

Mini Pumpkins (aka cheese balls with pretzels)

Deviled eggs with olives for spiders

Eyeballs (mini doughnut dipped in white chocolate)

Spider cookies

We will have some other basic food and dips, but I thought these would be fun to make too :)

Why do I do this to myself??

It is now October, which means it is officially the month of Halloween (one of my favorite holidays). So to start the holiday off a small group of us are going to one of those haunted house things tonight. In the past we have always gone to Jason's Woods, which I always thought was pretty scary (for example: the first time I went I was in 6th grade and CRIED until they turned on the lights.. and then 2 years ago I was there and I got so freaked out I dropped my purse while running out of the room and then a friend had to go back and get it because I refused to go back in... embarrassing, but true)

Every year I always get super excited to go (as I am now) but as soon as I get in the line outside I start to get nervous and then the closer and closer I get to the entrance the more I want to turn around and go home (now obviously I know it's people just acting and I see 7 yr olds going in and laughing, but for some reason it really does freak me out).... So now the question is why do I put myself through this? It's not like I actually like being scared... but I guess maybe it's just part of the thrill of it? (either that or I'm just c r a z y) 

Well anyways this year we have decided to change things up a bit and go to the Wall of Terror at the Eastern State Penitentiary which is supposed to be a LOT scarier than Jason's Woods... great. Well, I am hoping that maybe for once I can make it through like a mature adult rather than the screaming little girl I usually turn into. Besides, this place doesn't look scary at all...