Posts Tagged ‘Holiday’

My Halloween Playlist

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

guitar_soloFor anyone who is interested, here is what I finally settled on for the soundtrack to our Halloween tour of the valley. I’d love to hear your thoughts!

1. ‘This Is Halloween’ from Nightmare Before Christmas

2. Overture from Phantom of the Opera

3. “Tubular Bells’ by Mike Oldfield

4. ‘Ghostbusters’ by Ray Parker Jr.

5. ‘X-Files Theme’ by Blue Man Group (from X-Files: I Want to Believe, really the only redeeming thing about the film is this track…)

michael-jackson-thriller6. ‘Thriller’ by Michael Jackson (What kind of Halloween playlist would this be without it?)

This Is Halloween! (Really!)

Saturday, October 31st, 2009
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Yesterday I blogged about our Halloween preparations. Last night we got to put that to the test. Could Calli walk up to strangers and say ‘Chick or Cheek’? Or would she clam up and clutch her black kitty bucket tightly to her Wonder Woman insignia? We went to Minturn’s Trick or Treat village to find out.

This Is Halloween!

Friday, October 30th, 2009

long halloweenWe’ve been looking forward to Halloween for a few months now. Calli has been preparing us.

Out of the blue, she started running up to us, bag or purse open, saying ‘Chick or Cheek!’ Sometimes we’ll be on the floor playing puzzles or looking at books, and suddenly, she’ll grab one of the purses that she’s amassed into a rather sizable collection and say, ‘I wanna play chick or cheek.’ She’ll then run out of the room and slam the door. Moments later comes a small knock. When I open it,