Halloween is here again

Monday, October 25, 2004

Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year. It is funny, but I think I like it more now that I am older than I did when I was a kid. I like it for different reasons though. I really do miss dressing up. Since I have had kids I really haven't dressed up. Maybe a mask, but that is about it.

Halloween 2003Last year I went all out and decorated the front of the house with a corpse, fog machine, strobe lights, and custom tombstones(one day I want make these for other people too). I even had speakers in the windows for the added spooky music effect. It was really great.

The problem was that not a lot of kids came trick-or-treating through our neighborhood. I was kind of let down. Halloween seems much shorter now than when I was a kid. The kids and parents that did come by loved the decor though. That kind of made it worth it.

So, this year I decided not to decorate. Not that I don't want to. I just thought I would take a year off. Maybe next year I will come back in full force and scare the whole neighborhood. I decided maybe we should take the kids to see some family and go trick-or-treating with them.

Skyler and Gauge's pumpkinsSo what are we gonna do? Skyler is going to be Spiderman again. Gauge is going to be a Ninja Turtle(TMNT). I didn't want the Halloween spirit to be a total wash at our house so we did go out on Sunday and get some pumpkins to carve. I let Sky and Gauge pick what they wanted on their pumpkins. As you can see, Skyler's pumpkin has a slightly more intimidating look. Gauge's is happy without a nose.

To everyone out there, parents and kids alike, I hope you have a wonderful Halloween. Scare some kids for me.

 

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