Last Night

[dreamflower]

We had a record Halloween! Kids just kept coming and coming, brought in by the carload, the truckload, and even the trailer-load (Someone had made a kind of Halloween float on a flatbed, decorated it with "gravestones" and put a fog machine and a bubble machine on it, and then loaded it up with kids.) Our son's girlfriend came by with her kids for a while. There were some really adorable little ones, and it was a blast seeing how many of the parents dressed up to take their kids around. The best was a parent dressed as the "Stay-Puff Marshmallow Man" from Ghostbusters and two kids dressed up as the Ghostbusters, complete with proton packs! We had loads of compliments on our decorations from parents and kids, and at least three of the kids told us we had the "coolest house in town"!

Picspam behind the cut:


Here are three pics of the house. I'm using one of the DH's cameras, since mine is still MIA. I also took a few of the house after dark showing the lights, but they didn't come out too well.







Here's a pic of the two stars of our evening: the little animated mummy-dog we've had for several years. When his button is pushed his red eyes light up, he moves his head, wags his tail, and gives out with a mournful little bark and howl. Occasionally the littlest trick-or-treaters are scared of him until we show them he's a toy, but most of them love him and want to pet him and make him bark again. The DH holds him on his lap and makes him bark when the kids come up; we named him "Zero" after the little dog in The Nightmare Before Christmas. The little mummy next to him we've only had a couple of years. When you push his button, he dances and sings "Thriller". The kids really loved him as well, and one little toddler was dancing with him! Adorable!



And here I am as a hobbit-lass!






Crossposted from halloween_moot.

Comments

[sue-denimme.livejournal.com]

Funny about the dog named Zero, because that was the number of trick-or-treaters we had last night. The record rainfall (the most in one day for 70 years) most likely had something to do with it.

We might get some tonight, though, as there was talk of delaying it til the weather cleared.

[lotrcom-mods.livejournal.com]

We'd worried about rain earlier in the day, but it totally passed us by!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

You always have so much fun at Halloween; I love hearing about it and seeing the pics. :)

[lotrcom-mods.livejournal.com]

We have a blast! I think our front deck was one of the best things we did to this house after we bought it, because we can sit out there and wait for the kids, rather than them coming up and ringing the doorbell. They usually come up the ramp and go down the steps, which helps with traffic control.

So we sit out there and talk, and plan our decorations for next year while we wait for each batch of trick-or-treaters!

[shirebound]

The "coolest house in town", whooot! Halloween is such a festival in your area. Everything looks terrific, and so do you. :)

[dreamflower]

Thanks! We were totally blown away by the kids saying that!

They do make a big deal about it here, so it's a lot of fun to be a part of it.

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

Things must be a lot more relaxed where you live. We never get trick or treaters anymore. I'm glad you all had such a nice Halloween.

[dreamflower]

When we lived in Mississippi, the trick-or-treaters had stopped coming--most of them went to the mall or to one of the parties at the various churches.

They do hold activities at the churches here, but those are mostly finished with by about 6:30 or so. We had only a few between 6 and 7 but by 7:30 it picked up and then they started to come to our block by the carload!

I think a lot of the difference is that this is such a small town--people take part in things like Halloween more here.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Love your decorations! You sound to have had a great time.

[dreamflower]

We did indeed! It's so much fun to watch the children!