Our First Southern Halloween

       There are many differences between Ohio and Florida, but the biggest difference I have experienced first hand is the Halloween season. I'm used to going to the pumpkin patch, picking apples, watching the leaves change colors, and waiting in line in my winter coat outside of a haunted house. Halloween in Florida was much different; not bad but definitely different. Tyler and I tried to make the most of it and got into the spirit of  our first southern Halloween.
        We started off by buying apple cider and our pumpkins at the grocery store. Not exactly the same ambiance of an apple orchard or pumpkin patch, but we were left with the same end result. We sat in the middle of our living room floor, played Pandora's Halloween music station, and carved our pumpkins. It ended up being a lot of fun and they turned out great! My pumpkin is on the left and Tyler's is on the right.

   The night before Halloween we went to a haunted lighthouse on base. It was set up as a haunted house for Halloween, but is supposedly haunted. First of all, I was able to wear shorts and a tshirt while waiting outside of the haunted house, which was crazy! I'm used to shivering next to Tyler while we wait. Secondly, it was very small and only took about 5 minutes to walk through. The haunted houses back in Ohio usually are much bigger. I'll admit, I still screamed at the very end of the house. It ended up being really cool, though because they let you climb to the top of the lighthouse at night. It was a fairly long walk up to the top; 177 stairs to be exact. Definitely worth the climb for the incredible view. We could see all of the base! I wish I had some pictures of that, but I didn't take my phone with me. Sorry!
      Halloween morning, we went out and got donuts and coffee and enjoyed them on the beach. After spending the morning at the beach, I wasn't feeling much in the spirit of the holiday, so we came home and I read ghost stories. That got me a little too much in the spirit; I was freaked out for the next few hours! Tyler and I watched Halloween movies and drank some pumpkin hard cider the rest of the night.
      I don't know how many more southern Halloweens we'll have, so we tried to make the most of it!

    Peanut got into the spirit the day after Halloween, when his costume was 50% off! He was an alligator and, as you can tell, was absolutely thrilled with his costume....

   We hope everyone had a great Halloween!