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Name: Julyween

Species: Cat 

Breed: Calico

From: Dowayne

Version: 3

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38. Do something I love to do

There are a handful of things I am SUPER into: Star Wars, Baltimore sports, pizza and my absolute favorite holiday, Halloween. 

Halloween is one of those things that gets more and more amplified with me every year. Sure, when I was a kid, I loved getting my plastic Ben Cooper costume and hitting the streets with my dad for candy. Once I got married and bought a house, I gradually started decorating the front yard and doorstep in anticipation of trick or treaters. Then came my kids, and Halloween was really on…

I literally have ten giant plastic tubs filled with hundreds of orange and black decorations. I have an iPod that is filled with nothing but creepy music and sound effects. I have dozens of costumes ranging from Darth Vader to Samuel Adams to a Land of the Lost sleestak. 

Halloween is a thirty-one day event in the Ward household.

Then in 2009, I had this wacky notion – why did I have to wait until October to celebrate Halloween? Why not throw a little Halloween fun into the middle of the summer. Thus was born the greatest of all made-up holidays…Julyween!

Julyween is celebrated on July 31st, exactly three months before Halloween. It is basically a Halloween-themed party minus the trick-or-treating. 

For this year’s Julyween, me and my kids all wore pumpkin shirts. I also broke out the “Halloween camouflage” pants. (Both of my kids roll their eyes at those pants).

We always start Julyween off with a couple of crafts while watching the Nickelodeon Halloween DVD with SpongeBob, Rugrats, and Fairly Oddparents. This year, my youngest daughter surprised me and made pumpkin-shaped sugar cookies. Throw in some candy corns and kick the Julyween into high gear…

For dinner, I made pizzas. Squeeze cheese in a can is perfect for drawing jack-o-lantern faces and spiderwebs. I made a few pepperoni spiders as well.

Since my youngest daughter is nine, our movie selection is still limited to Disney Channel’s Halloweentown and a couple episodes of Goosebumps. I imagine one day, once my girls are old enough, I will force them to sit through Creepshow on Julyween. I am looking forward to that day.

Once we finished the kids movies, I retreated to the bedroom to watch my newest favorite Halloween movie, Trick 'r Treat, and partake in a little light reading.

As an aside, if you happen to really be into Halloween, I HIGHLY recommend Trick 'r Treat. It came out a few years ago and is near Halloween perfection. It’s multiple stories woven together and it is tons of fun. The real highlight is a short three minute segment of a busload of kids with some of the spookiest costumes I have ever seen. Super creepy; super disturbing; supremely awesome.

Until next year, Happy Julyween!