This was my best year so far! With a new {fantastic} addition on the roof, a better graveyard, and more props...my Haunted House is turning out better and better every year! Mwa ha ha ha ha ha ha.
It's a lot of work to put up (and even worse to take down) but the middle part is sooooo worth it :)
A few pics of our home before the trick or treaters started arriving:
Isn't she a beaut???? Paul took detailed pictures of her construction process so I may do a post if I remember. We changed the legs a bit but for the most part we did it exactly how it is found here.
I love this dude. Most of the time I get a kick out of the many shrieks I hear when one of the kids to get close to him. This year however, poor cute lil' Chase set him off and was so scared he couldn't get to his mom fast enough! I was talking to his mom, my good friend, when I saw his face turn to sheer horror and I tried to get him to his mom before he started crying too bad but...what can I say? My house is haunted.
I'm not gonna post pictures of the inside but it looked a lot like this - EVERYWHERE. Lots of giant spiders, web hanging everywhere and bones gallore.
I got to tend Truman in the afternoon while Becky Lou went to work Ash is not used to having another little person around cuz he basically just wanted to whale on poor Truman. He got the hang of it though. While I napped I finished most of my preps for the night.
We rung in this Halloween with Becky, Judd, Debbie and DJ and some visitors here and there throughout the night.
We served up heart:
Injected brain:
Witches brew:
along with pizza, cheese bread and pumpkin hummus with pita and veggies :) Super delish!
Truman loves lions and he has a lion thing going just like Asher has a dragon thing going so this cute little guy was a cute, I mean scarrrry, Lion and his mom and dad were Dorothy and the Scarecrow.
Asher and Truman....I love their expressions:
HA HA!!!! 'Im gonna eat you!' says the drunk dragon. 'Nooooooooooo - I won't let you' says the courageous lion!
Our little family of medieval times. I loved this year's costumes!! We participated in a trunk or treat earlier in the month and our costumes hadn't arrived yet (except for Asher's) so I was sad we only got to wear them once.
I love this picture!
Paul makes a super sexy knight, if I do say so myself!!
Asher thought he got away with raiding the stash...not under this Mama's house!
Men in tights...and tennis skirts:
Me and my fire-breathing three-headed dragon:
And knight come to slay the dragon!!! or the dragon to eat the knight...
Me and Deb (I mean Black Widow!).
Playing games later that night...Asher crawled up into Judd's lap - I thought it was so cute.
It also occurred to me that since my costume was officially Ravenna off Snow White and the Huntsman, wasn't she supposed to eat Snow White's heart?? Why yes she was and I just happened to have one handy:
I didn't really eat it though. It basically fell apart in my hands and looked disgusting.
It was a great night - I was SO happy about the weather!!!! It needs to be like that every year! - and my friends it made it so much fun. I love having a reason to have a party!
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