Happy Happy Halloween!!!

I have really neglected my blog and really need to get back to blogging!! I have so many ideas for this blog, but haven't had the time to implement them! :) For Halloween this year, my 12 year old daughter, Mackenzie is a zombie homecoming queen, and my 8 year old daughter, Jadyn is a cat/tiger!! Here they are:

They ended up with massive amounts of candy!!!

Hope everyone has a happy and safe Halloween!!

Here are some Halloween fun facts: 1. Orange and black are Halloween colors because orange is associated with the Fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death. 2. Jack o’ Lanterns originated in Ireland where people placed candles in hollowed-out turnips to keep away spirits and ghosts on the Samhain holiday. 3. Pumpkins also come in white, blue and green. Great for unique monster carvings! 4. Halloween was brought to North America by immigrants from Europe who would celebrate the harvest around a bonfire, share ghost stories, sing, dance and tell fortunes. 5. Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped penny candy in America. 6. The ancient Celts thought that spirits and ghosts roamed the countryside on Halloween night. They began wearing masks and costumes to avoid being recognized as human. 7. Halloween candy sales average about 2 billion dollars annually in the United States. 8. Chocolate candy bars top the list as the most popular candy for trick-or-treaters with Snickers #1. 9. Halloween is the 2nd most commercially successful holiday, with Christmas being the first. 10. Bobbing for apples is thought to have originated from the roman harvest festival that honors Pamona, the goddess of fruit trees. 11. Black cats were once believed to be witch's familiars who protected their powers.

"Halloween" Movie facts: "Halloween" was made in only 21 days in 1978 on a very limited budget. The movie was shot in the Spring and used fake autumn leaves. The mask used by Michael Meyers in the movie "Halloween" was actually William Shatner's mask painted white. The character Laurie Strode, played by Jamie Lee Curtis was named after John Carpenter's first girlfriend. While the setting for the story is in Illinois, the vehicles have California license plates. Halloween is on October 31st, the last day of the Celtic calendar. It was originally a pagan holiday, honoring the dead. Holloween was referred to as All Hallows Eve and dates back to over 2000 years ago.

Creepy Tidbits: 1. If you see a spider on Halloween, it is the spirit of a loved on watching over you. 2. Worldwide, bats are vital natural enemies of night-flying insects. 3. The common little brown bat of North America has the longest life span for a mammal it's size, with a life span averaging 32 years. 4. In about 1 in 4 autopsies, a major disease is discovered that was previously undetected. 5. The Ouija Board ended up outselling the game of Monopoly in its first full year at Salem. Over two million copies of the Ouija Board were shipped.