Who You Gonna Call? Halloween 2009
November 2, 2009
Spider on FIRE!
I need to get this Halloween post written.
It seems to me that nothing is as over as Halloween by the time you wake up the next day in a new month and it’s All Saints’ Day! Plus this year Halloween fell on the Saturday of falling back for DayLight Savings Time, so you are truly in a time warp, with all the mental confusion that comes with changing something as basic to daily rhythm as the clock. The whole thing throws me off kilter for a few days, which complicates writing about the, “Creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky,” Halloween, 2009!
Brief though it is, I love Halloween. It is so much fun to watch the children. They get so excited. Part of it is the looming sugar rush, of course, but choosing the perfect costume is important, too. Walker planned to wear the same Hulk costume he wears almost every day. William chose to be a werewolf, and it was the ugliest, scariest werewolf ever seen! Karsten knew early that he wanted to be a dragon, but, as he explained over and over, he was a ‘nice’ dragon. Celeste had no opinion, not being a year old yet, so she was dressed as a purple butterfly. Remembering the Squid costume that William wore on his first Halloween, I think Celeste will consider herself lucky to have been a butterfly.
The costume prize, however, goes to the house, or rather, to the decorator of the house. My son-in-law has never before exhibited an obsession for Halloween decorations, but this year’s effort will be hard to surpass. There was even a fog machine. Two, actually.
The decorating began weeks ago when the skeletons and flame pots were hung on the porch.
Installing the flame pots.
Skeletons and flame pots
The crazy witch that cackles when someone walks by was set on the steps, along with the crows and jack-o-lanterns.
Cackling witch
Can’t decide what your favorite spider is? No worries. There are several varieties to choose among. And, bring in the clowns!
Spider weaving a tangled web.
Bring in the clowns!
When we arrived for trick-or-treating, there was a new wrinkle – the windows had pumpkin and skull shades installed. It’s really a shame that Halloween is a one day only event.
The house decked for Halloween.
The house was ready for the gathering of the trick-or-treaters! What a crew there was.
The cast of characters for Halloween 2009.
The Werewolf. Eeeeek!
The Hulk
The 'nice' Dragon
The Purple Butterfly
The Devil
Dorothy and the Little Mermaid
Indiana Jones
And off they went! First stop, the little church at the end of the street for Trunk ‘n Treat, where church members decorate their cars and hand out candy from the trunks.
Heading for Trunk 'n Treat
Trunk 'n Treat
Official greeter at Trunk 'n Treat
Next, turn them loose in the neighborhood. Well, not too loose.
The neighbors are ready.
One last picture for Halloween, 2009. It is of one of the teachers at William’s school, dressed for their Halloween party. She wore this all day at school! She gets my vote for being the best sport.
A bunch of grapes
The children get my vote for loving Halloween and making us all happy. My son-in-law wins the grand prize of a year’s supply of candy corn for best decorating of a house. Good thing he likes candy corn. He’s actually the only person I’ve ever known who does like it!
Who are you gonna call if you want to turn your house into the Monster Mash? I know who I’M gonna call!
November 2, 2009 at 6:23 pm
What a treat!
November 2, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Hi Jayne,
Hope your Halloween was a treat, too, and that the flu was banished into the past in time. Karol
November 2, 2009 at 8:16 pm
What great fun…and great scares….and a perfect Halloween house.
November 4, 2009 at 11:40 am
I must say that I did go a little overboard but it sure was fun to see the end result. The boys thought it was great and that was worth it. Next year there will be a haunted house (porch) so get ready! Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations will probably be minimal this year for obvious reasons.
Thanks for the great blog and no I am not for hire!
November 4, 2009 at 11:49 am
It was wonderful fun! A haunted porch next year? Can’t wait. I’m not worried about there being any shortage of holiday decorations, but you might want to rethink the holiday decor business. I’m already coming up with some great names for your company.
November 7, 2009 at 11:05 pm
Oh my my, what awesome costumes!
November 8, 2009 at 5:03 am
William poured over costume catalogs for weeks prior to Halloween. Not Walker. He’s the Hulk, and he saw no need to be anything else, even for two hours. I was warned early that Karsten wanted to be a dragon, and they were having trouble finding a costume, so did I think I could come up with something? Fortunately, while I was in Michigan, the dragon costume was procured! My sewing machine is really getting very rusty, or whatever a sewing machine does when it isn’t used.