Chilling with Charlie and Ichabod...

On the first day of October we always celebrate the coming of Fall.  This year was no different except we did it on October Eve because I had an engagement that Monday.  

We make homemade Pumpkin cake, and put on our perennial favorite of Charlie Brown, Ichabod Crane, and our newest love Scooby Doo!  We have put these videos on for the kids every year and every year they have disliked them.  I was always secretly sad about that.  This year though my kids have gained a new maturity and they now LOVE the classics.  Their favorite thing is when Charlie Brown is trick or treating.  They will play pretend now and take turns saying: "I got a lollipop", "I got a candy bar", "I got a rock..."

Scooby Doo is really great because our kids are like other kids.  They get a little freaked out with all the spooky stuff (retro picture of Harm when he was 3 at Spirit).  But in Scooby Doo they always solve the mysteries.  The spooky stuff is proven to be all make believe.  That has been very beneficial because now the monsters and everything else is just make believe to them.

So now the spooky is fun!  My kids love witches, blood, and skeletons.  I believe in certain supernatural forces but in Halloween's case it is just fun to have fun.  Chris is disturbed how much the kids are getting into it but he is still getting used to marrying into "The Addams Family" and my kids are just like me!