Halloween 2012

We started out the Halloween celebration by taking our Little Pumpkin to get her flu shot.  The nurse that gave her the vaccine was dressed as Buzz Light Year, I have a feeling that she won't be a fan of Toy Story!

Before we left to meet up with the fam we had a brief little photo shoot of the cutest little pumpkin ever.  Well, see for yourself-

 After the shoot I asked the Hubs to take a quick pic of me and my girl in case it didn't happen later in the evening.  Well, it didn't happen later and she wasn't that interested in these...oh well!

We headed over to Roc and Babs house where the whole family (except Mimi who was working) got together to go Trick or Treating.  Some of the kids took turns pushing around the pumpkin chariot.  Her stroller went with her costume!

 Then she got "saved" from her plush ride by Bab who took her up to some doors to do some real trick-or-treating.

 I forgot her basket at Trunk-or-Treat and for tonight.  Luckily I had a smaller Target shopping bag in my car.  She wasn't keen on carrying her own bag!

Then we came across this awesome house.  The pictures just don't do it justice.  There were lights and animated stuff all over.  The wind knocked some of the stuff over...it was chilly!

In the end, Gigi ended up in the stroller being pushed by a frozen Hubby.  Jas, Nell, Lou and J Man are in the background.  Boy did we have fun!

Halloween 2011

Halloween is our favorite holiday to decorate for.  I love doing Christmas, Hubby hates it...but we both agree on Halloween!  I wish we had taken a video of the house once it got dark instead of pictures in the daylight because you can't see all of our strobe lights , lighted decor, fog machine and the spooky noises from our ghost and witch. 

We heard lots of screams from little kids as they came up the sidewalk onto the porch.  Then we would hear things like "awesome" or "this is the best house ever".  That makes all of the planning worth it!  My favorites this year are the witch on the door that's eyes lit up, the whole thing started shaking and she would start talking and cackling.  Also, I loved the glitter encrusted skeleton that hung from the tree with a hidden strobe hitting it.

 Hubby's favorite things this year- the cauldron that he turned into a fog machine hider so it looked like a witches brew.  He was also please with the animated ghost that came down and hit kids in the head when they got up the steps to knock on the door.  Epic fail of the season- the black light bulbs that I got for the outside lights.  They got so hot that we were scared that it would be a fire hazard so we had to wrap the exterior lights in fake cob webs to muffle the light.  Hubby says that next year he wants to add a haunted house in the garage...we'll see!

I will be armed with a wish list tomorrow morning for day after sales.  The 2 must haves for next year- more strobe lights and some creepy spiders.

Trunk or Treat

We had our Trunk or Treat at church this past Saturday.  We were in charge of the photo booth which was super easy because Horse Country has some photogenic kids as it turns out.  We decided to pair down our trunk display this year because the activity was done when it was still light outside and that makes it less spooky.  We did blast our Halloween CD...there's nothing like a little Monster Mash to get you feeling festive this time of year!  It must be said that I totally ran out of candy and the mini tubs of play-doh that I was handing out.  I was unprepared and therefore lame to the last 10-15 kids that left our trunk empty handed.  Oh well, you live and you learn!