2012
Slideshow includes the tea party and will update as we get more pictures uploaded.
Couple favorites so far:
Witch’s Tea…
Talia’s party.
OLD, old sheet I made a long time ago, still getting uses.
Gathering, though, the girls just LOVE Hallowindow V’s Skull bounce.
Making hats.
And cookies…
And spells…
Embracing my inner Martha.
Yeah.
I’ve long ridiculed some of the more cutesy crap around the holiday.
Well, we’re embracing it these days.
We’re having a Witch’s Tea for Talia later this month, and we’re in full prep mode. Even Talia.
Who really LOVES pumpkins in case you couldn’t tell.
Our witch’s hats all drying after the required black paint.
I honestly couldn’t tell you how long it’s been since I last used the halloween cutters. At least 10 years.
Our yard has hardly even been given any attention meanwhile. I’ve had some neighbors openly question what was up before I got the sign out. (even though it’s normal for us to not do much till the week prior to Halloween)
Early October is more for me to have a little fun with the decor. So, since I had to get the Chimera out and fixed up anyway (all joints needed some touchup)….
….I figured I may as well slap in some pink in honor of breast cancer awareness.
Pumpkin, Trevor, and fun.
Well, after gettin all our pumpkins…
I realized we had far too many for me to deal with. Sorry, but I’m drawing a line at cleaning 100ish. So, what to do with the surplus?
They were gone in an hour.
Of course, we’ve also been taking a full advantage of our Lagoon season passes as well. Turns out Talia REALLY loves photo ops.
Makes me think I should build some myself…
Funny thing Lagoon features 4 haunted houses that run the range of the best and worst such professional haunts have to offer.
The Funhouse, clown centered, 3D haunted house is an utter mess of the same trick over and over. Every room is an assault on your eyes with an actor hiding somewhere. Barely variation on ye olde dot room.
The Backlot next door is the classic cram as many movie scenes as you can into a haunted house. Not my thing, but it is a staple of the season.
Lockdown is Lagoon’s prison themed haunt, and IMO the best one there again. Relatively low tech and actor driven, a lot depends on getting good actors in there, but I enjoy it best, and among them, it is both Talia’s and Alec’s biggest fear.
Nightwalk, however, is the polar opposite. High tech, almost entirely prop driven haunt…too bad they keep it so dark you can hardly see any of it.
Of course, we’ve also been working on my own stuff as well.
My mask for the year is coming along quite well. With Trevor being from the era of the plague and all, we figured we may as well run with that theme all the way round.
And of course, doing the plague and all, you have to account for the miasma theory of the time. Trevor finally got a full blown test…
