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Tag You're It

I was so excited to see this. The things that I get excited by lol.

Welcome to Tag! You’re it ~ Christmas Style!

My goal is to get this to hop around all the different blogs and have everyone learn something about the blogs and people they follow ~ Christmas Style! So … pick five bloggers that you want to know more about their Christmas traditions. Tag the bloggers you picked and have them write up a post with the answers to 5 questions that you want to know about.

Lanayas ?'s ~

1. What makes Christmas such a special holiday for you and your family?

We get to spend it together, and we have lots of holiday fun. The cocoa and movies, the Christmas music, the kids laying under the tree looking at the lights, doing a Christmas light drive around and for me is definitely the crafts! I like the magical feeling of when it actually snows on Christmas so everything is all sparkly and white. The crackling fires and holiday treats and smells. <3

2. Were you told the truth about Santa Claus by your parents or did you find out another way? And..do you plan on lying to your kids (if you have them or plan on having them)?

I had an unfortunate event happen when I was a 2nd grader, which made us all know that there was no such thing. We didn't have to be told. Hmm, lying no but telling half truth, yes. We give them the hope and happiness that comes along with the whole santa idea, but that they also know that Christmas is not about santa but the birth of Jesus. Santa doesn't come for free and all the days their dad is out working hard in every weather condition, sick or not and having to stay away all week also makes Christmas possible. We don't ruin it for them, but make sure they understand that it is a blessing that we are able to have Christmas and every other thing we have.

3. Real tree or Fake tree?

FAKE! I have a black thumb and I tell you I would hate to be the responsible party that catches the house on fire for not tending to the tree. I like to have the tree so full of lights, that it looks like a light hoarder, so a real tree could never make it in this house.

4. Do you open presents on Christmas morning, Christmas Eve or both?

A small one on Christmas Eve and the rest on Christmas morning.

5. What is your favorite Christmas movie to watch? Favorite Christmas song to sing or listen to? ( I know…technically two questions)

I LOVE all the Christmas Classics like Rudolph, Jack Frost, The Year Without Santa Claus, T'was the Night, The Miser Brothers etc. I love How the Grinch stole Christmas and A Christmas Carol (the Jim Carey ones).

Christmas music....I love them ALL. Well, this year the exception is the Mommy Kissing Santa song, because I have had to explain that a little and make it sound less naughty.

So many songs....I will have a post with ALL the songs coming soon.

TOP 3:

<3<3<3 Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Carol of the Bells

Christmas Cannon

Sugar Plum Fairy

For the inaugural Tag! You’re It Christmas Style ~ I am tagging the following five bloggers

Sarah- My Little Smarties
Amy- Life's Little Adventures
Ashley- Ashley Spain
Paula- Call Me PMC
Nichole- Pinkie for Pink

Make sure you link back to Raising Reagan so we can all check out which blogs have participated and all say Hello! Make sure you do an initial post with the questions answered and then TAG your next five bloggers!

My Favorite Things About Fall

I love Fall, I mean really what is there not to love. I love all of the scents, the air, the food and the clothes. I can not wait for fall to come every year. My favorite is the beginning with the cool crisp air, the beautiful Autumn colors and the way the leaves fall from the trees to the ground and the way the wisp around in circles. There are few things I could do without like the mess the leaves make, but hey...no one said everything is perfect. I wanted to share with you some of my favorites of the season.

A few of my favorite Better Homes Candle Wax Cubes for the season:

*Spiced Pumpkin Pie

*Shortbread

*Apples and Cinnamon

Favorite drinks for Fall:

*Hot cocoa

*Pumpkin flavor added to the White Chocolate Mocha with Soy at Starbucks

*Apple Cider that is Farm made- with all the little bits and pieces at the bottom...the cloudy kind.

Favorite warming foods:

*Chili

*Any kind of soup

Favorite foods for the season:

*Pumpkin bread, muffins, cookies, pie, cheesecake etc...

*Gingerbread stuff

Favorite thing to wear in Fall:

* Scarves occasionally

* My Soda Boots from Shoe Carnival

These are from last year and I am looking forward to buying some more boots.

Favorite seasonal things to do:

*Going to Pumpkin Patches

*Having Halloween Fun

*Celebrating Thanksgiving

*Playing in the leaves

*Watching the trees change

*Doing arts and crafts for Fall

We are having fun working down our Fall Bucket List...do you have one? Whats a few of your favorite things about Fall?

Spooky Halloween Foods

We are celebrating Halloween this year with some all new spooky foods. We are trying to have themed food that is actually not too bad for you. I mean after all, I am paid in chocolate for trick-or-treating...which I will never complain about, but my kiddos really need to have something a little more nutritious for their little bellies. I love having fun and creating new things for the season for our family to enjoy and have fun with. With all of these foods, you know you will have leftovers...if you are not having a party. Speaking of parties, this would be a fantastic set of snacks for a Halloween party you may be getting together.

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Eyeball Eggs

Make deviled eggs as you normally do and just add sliced olives on top.

I like the ones with the drawing but no one would have eaten them, so I omitted it.

I made the regular ones with pickles for me and my kids and I made Jalapeno ones with hot sauce in the middle of the eyes for my hubby. I made cute little faces in the middle out of the food I was using.

Grave Digger Dip

o 2 cans of chicken breast

o 1 1/2 cup sour cream

o 8 oz softened cream cheese

o 1 1/2 cup cheese in mix

o 1 1/2 cups sprinkled on top

Blend all of those ingredients

Mix in about 1 cup of your favorite hot sauce...Franks is pretty good if you don't like much heat.

You can always add more or less to your liking.

Bake until bubbly @ 350.

Make your Grave hand

I took the left over pizza crust dough from the mummies to make it. (see below)

I cut 2 cheese straws(4 pieces 1 and 1 small on the other) to size and wrapped them in the dough with the ends wrapped around to a finger shape. I took the last bit of the 2nd cheese straw to use for the hand.

Shape the dough and press fingers, top of hand and back part for wrist all together. Cut 1 pepperoni into 8's and use for fingernails- Bake at 350.

Sprinkle on top layer of cheese and place back in oven to melt. Take out and place hand on dip and push the wrist part into dip.

Mummy Dogs

o 1 pack of hot dogs

o Cut pizza dough into strips and wrap around hot dogs

Bake until done at 350. Dot with mustard for eyes or other condiment you enjoy.

Witch Brooms

o 4 cheese straws cut in half

o Shred up a little leaving about an inch at the top.

o Push in a short pretzel stick

o Dip the end of a tooth pick in food coloring and poke cheese for eyes.

Spider Crackers

o 16 crackers

o 8 bottoms with PB on them

o 8 tops with 2 dots of pb on them to stick on eyes

o Chocolate covered raisins for eyes

o Place 4 broken in half short pretzels for legs

Jello Worms

o Lime Jello

o 1/2 set and push in worms.

-We put them in Halloween themed cupcake liners for easy transport.

Munchy Monster Apples

o 1 apple cut with a apple corer

o Cut each section in half

o PB on bottom

o Candy Corn for teeth

o Tooth picks through the top

o Chocolate covered raisins on top for the eyes

Ghosts in the Graveyard

o Crushed up Oreos

o Chocolate Pudding

o Vienna Finger Cookies

o Whipped Topping (Fridge Temp not frozen)

o Food Coloring Pens

o Plastic Spiders

o Candy Dots

Open each Vienna Cookie and design your tombstones on the creme side.

Make your pudding according to the pie instructions(it will help the cookies stay put).

Crumble and Smash your Oreos.

Pour your pudding into your dish and smooth the top.

Sprinkle Oreos on top.

Stick your Tombstones in.

Decorate with your spiders.

Spoon some Whipped Topping in a baggie & cut off the tip. Cut enough off to have a good squeeze size for your ghosts. Squish a dollop out and then do a smaller one on top of it and stick your candies in for the face. You could use any candy that makes a face and is not too heavy.

We had fun making this and tasting as we went. My kids love making this every year for Halloween. We did it when I was a kid and now I do it with my kids. It has become sort of a tradition.

Hope you had a Safe and Happy Halloween!

18 Songs for Halloween~ Kid Friendly

We made our own Halloween cd. Our kids listen to this cd all year long because they love it so much. You will never have to stress over finding the perfect Halloween songs, when you can just make your own. I hope you enjoy some of our favorite Halloween songs. Any songs you love and do not see here? Let us know! We are working on a new set of songs.

I hope you enjoyed!

Have a very Happy and Safe Halloween.

DIY Spooky Fun & Crafts for the Kids

Have you been searching for something fun, easy and budget friendly to do with the kiddos for Halloween? Have you scoured Pinterest and came out with having more ideas than plans? I love Pinterest for inspiration, but they do not always have what I am looking for which inspires me to create our own inspirational creations. My kids never get tired of playing games and having fun. Arts, crafts, games and other activities are at their peak at our home during the holidays. Hopefully, these fun crafts will give you something new to do. Feel free to pin to Pinterest and share with your friends. If you make some, by all means leave the link so I can check it out.

This is a few things we have been up to lately: Polka Dot Bowling pins with a pumpkin as the bowling pin.

Wash your empty soda bottles out and fill to a easily tipable level.

There are so many creations you can come up with paper plates, styrofoam plates and even the recycled plates. Depending on what your crafting needs are...that is they kind of plate you want. We wanted sturdy plates that would last, so for the activity plates below, we went with styrofoam.

Spooky Halloween streamer/hanging plates

Grab a empty toilet paper roll and some string.

Cut 4 slits in each side.

Tie a knot on each end of the string and pull through the slits for legs.

Paper Towel tube cut in half.

Paint your roll and the string black.

Let dry.

Cut a circle out of black construction paper.

Glue around the toilet paper ends and attach around the top.

Cut some eyes out or attach googly eyes.

I cut mine out of last years door cover.

Draw a little smile on and you can hang them from whatever you like.

Attach a string to the back end. You are all done!

Questions?

Quick Kid Halloween Costume Ideas

Halloween is almost a week away, what am I going to do? Not everyone celebrates Halloween, but everyone should get to celebrate when they want to. Not everyone has an opportunity to go to the store and just buy whatever costume they want or have the money to make some extravagant DIY costume. I don't like spending all that money on costumes from the store, so I try my best each year to make them into something cool. I wanted to share with you a few options for Halloween that you already have at home or will cost little to nothing! We never got store bought Halloween costumes when I was younger. Luckily, I had a creative mom.

1. Gypsy

Long skirt, cloth tied around the side, 1 hoop earring on one side and a bunch of bangle bracelets.

2. Hobo

Any clothes that you grab that are dark in color would work. Get some black or brown make up and spread about on clothes and face. You could take some kind of black tooth stuff and black a tooth or more out. Ripped, holey, scuffed up or anything like that would work.

3. Baby

You can make a diaper out of a pillow case for a child. Pins and baby accessories can be found for a dollar if you don't have any on hand. Binky, bib, attach a bottle and grab a stuffed animal and go.

4. Pumpkin

Orange tights, orange shirt stuffed with pillows and cut out a design from felt or material and attach to the front of the shirt. Green ribbon or headband that looks like the top of the pumpkin.

5. Zombie

Any clothes that are worn out, torn, dirty looking, splash some face blood and mess up your hair. If you good with makeup a little cheap make up kit or make up you already have would work if you know how to do that.

6. Flower

Grab a poster board and draw a flower design, then decorate it with some felt. Wear all green or a long sleeved green top with brown bottoms for dirt. Paint face to be yellow if you want.

7. Butterfly Or Fairy
Wear all of one color like black or whatever butterfly you want. You can grab a pair of wings from the store or you can try your hand at making wings from stretching out a clothes hanger and pulling stocking over it. You can then paint designs or throw some glitter on them for more effect. Pipe cleaners and pom poms on a head band will make some antennas.

8. Witch- Regular or Sparkly

A cape can be made from material and ribbon. Black tights and a little dress. You may have luck searching at the thrift store for old dresses or costumes. You can get a hat for a dollar at the dollar tree.

9. Diva

Fake pearls, fake diamonds, big hat, scarf or boa, sparkly anything, bracelets, fake rings, makeup.

10. 50's Guy

white t-shirt with rolled up sleeves, blue jeans with cuffed up bottoms, slicked out hair, shiny shoes.

11. Ninja

Jump suit with a hoodie of the color ninja you want; black would probably work best. Cut a strip of material and attach to hoodie for the covered mouth and nose area. You can probably grab a sword or something from the dollar tree if you don't have one. You could make nun chucks with tape and sticks. Tape up the sticks and join together by folding the tape in half in the middle and then wrap tape to attach.

12. Banshee

White sheet with a head hole cut out, black wig or spray painted crazy hair. White and black face paint.

13. Super Hero

Piece of cloth or pillow case cut open long ways that is painted and a string to tie with. Cut out a shape of the letter of the name of your super hero and attach. Grab a tshirt and some pants that are not jeans unless it goes with your super hero theme.

14. Mummy

Wrap yourself with a old sheet that has been cut, or grab some white streamer from the store and wrap yourself up.

15. Turtle

Green and black clothes, then stuff a pillow into a shirt for the turtle shell and make turtle shell designs on the back.

16. Puppy

White, Brown, or Black clothes. Paint Polka dots or patches all over or just over one eye. Ears could be made by cutting out felt(.59 a square at walmart) and attaching with thread or glue to a head band or knitted hat. Girls could wear all pink and be a girly dog with ribbons, a tutu or skirt, stockings...etc.

17. Kitty

Same as above but with kitty ears instead.

18. Angel

White clothes, sparkly dress, tights, anything for the outfit really as long as it is all white. You can make a halo from crafting wire, pipe cleaner and a straw, or a clothes hanger. Twist and shape them how you want them and paint them if necessary. Attach to a headband. Wings can be purchased and spray painted white with hair glitter or you can shape some with crafting wire or clothes hangers, hot glue, stockings and string.

19. Dead Track Star

Jump suit all dirtied up, fake blood or graphic tattoos, headband, messy hair.

20. A Fish

A jumpsuit...sweat pants and a hooded shirt of the same color. Just pick the color fish you want. Paint face the same color and draw a few designs above the lip or maybe fake eyes on eyelids and your fish is complete. I like the little Lorax fish, so that is where the idea came from.

21. Toy Box Monster

Hot glue a bunch of toys onto an outfit and that's that. You could paint the face and make crazy hair for more of a monster look.

22. Vampire

Paint face white, have some blue/green eye shadow for around the eyes for a more dead look. Black, blood, fake teeth. Cape can be made of a painted, cut open pillow case and tied with string. Clothes should be dark in color.

23. Sleep Over Victim

Wear some night clothes, put hair up with some pig tails, braids or pony tail, a robe, slippers or something along those lines. You could pull stockings or socks over some tennis shoes or sandals. If you want to go with the sleep over attacked by a mad man or something then of course: messy hair, blood, messed up or dirty clothes.

24. Grandma

Night gown stuffed with pillows or stuffing, stockings or socks with one falling down, curlers all rolled up still, spray painted gray hair. Pair of glasses around the neck on a glasses rope or chain if possible ($1 store).

25. Ghost

Sheet with holes cut out to see.

26. Bat

Black clothes for boys and girls could have a skirt and stockings. Take some material that is cut in the shape of wings and attach to the sleeves and to the sides of the shirt for the flapping effect.

27. Singer

Clothes of your choice that are rocker worthy and grab a microphone from the store for a buck. Glitter, grab some different color hair spray or just use hair spray to make big hair.

28. Frankenstein

Slacks, shirt, and get painted up green and black. They have cheap bolt tattoos you can pick up.

29. Bride of Frankenstein

Spray paint hair black with one strip of white and style up big. Grab a long white dress and tie a rope around the waist.

Well, that is all that comes to mind right now. Of course, these some of these require little to a bit more craftastic skills. It also depends on your budget, what you already have at home or the thrift stores near by. I hope this helped you out some if you are in need of an idea at the last minute.

What kind of things have you been or your children in a pinch?

DIY Halloween Noodle Wreath

What do you do with all of the pool noodles that still seem to be getting in the way even though the warmer weather has gone? We decided to make a wreath with them. You can of course buy the green, itchy and way too messy floral foam for a buck at the Dollar Tree or maybe even the paper type wreath..but they are small. I wanted ours to be a certain size, so we customized our wreath for our door with a pool noodle. I mean why not. Think about it...you can poke stuff through foam and it stays and it is bendable enough to make a circle. Repurpose those old pool noodles, save a buck and use what you have.

Spray paint your noodle.

Wrap your noodle with wire ribbon- I picked up my black, sheer, glittered wire ribbon at the $1 tree.

It took 4 spools @ 9ft each ribbon to cover my noodle.

If you stress your noodle a little it will get a cool sliced look to it like it was scratched by a monster.

Wrap a spool of sheer, spidered wire ribbon around your noodle.

It took 1 spool @ 9ft in length to wrap.

I picked up a bouquet of black roses with spiders in it and cut off the bottom and arranged it onto the wreath. I tied a bow with black and orange ribbon then tied the center with a purple ribbon.

How neat of a idea this was! This was a very inexpensive craft and served a great purpose. Getting the pool noodle up, saving money and getting a wreath out of the situation. I hope this craft inspired you to save a buck and choose to be thrifty. Have a great holiday season and happy crafting.

We made these too:

Summer/Spring/ Autumn Pool Noodle Wreath

It's a Halloween Movie Marathon

Each year we watch the tons of movies that come on just for the season. I love that they show all of the movies during this time even the old ones. Some you can not find, but you can always buy it at a nice price on ebay or even at a pawn shop. We wanted to share with you our favorites and the even the throwback ones. We watch a few of these movies throughout the year but some are specifically just for this time.

Ones I watch with the kids: