We've been "HIT"! Okay, let me explain. It is October and Halloween is approaching. In our wonderful neighborhood this means that the Halloween Phantom is lurking around. Every year in October our entire neighborhood participates in the spirit and good fun of the Halloween Phantom. Monday evening after the girls and Tony left for soccer practice as I was cleaning up the kitchen I heard a knock at the door. I opened the door to find that the Halloween Phantom had left a bucket of goodies for our family. In the basket along with the goodies is a note explaining that we had been "hit" by the Halloween Phantom and we have 48 hours to "hit" three more houses or suffer the curse of the Halloween Phantom. We also place a sign outside our door that says "We've been hit" so that everyone knows the Phantom has visited our house. Kyla was excited to find out upon returning from soccer practice that we had been "hit". The kids in the neighborhood look forward to this excitement every year. It is just as fun to get "hit" as to then take your turn at "hitting" your three houses. You have to be very sneaky to play the part of the Halloween Phantom and the girls LOVE it!
Planning ahead I usually find some great items on sale after Halloween to include in our phantom baskets for the following year. It always pays off to plan ahead! We also had some fun making a few things for our baskets this year. Here is a look at a few things we did.
Halloween M&M Cookie's in a Jar
Mummy wrapped Hershey candy bars
A look into one of our baskets
Our baskets at a glance - the girls decorated the outside of the $1 pails
Kyla helping fill the cookie jars, wrap the mummies and assemble the baskets
Friend and neighbor Claire helping, needless to say we weren't able to "hit" her house
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