Scenes from Halloween 2010

We had a great Halloween season this year. We got an early start this year and put some things up a few weeks in advance, adding the finishing touches the last few days before Halloween night. We had lots of drive by traffic looking at the lights and, of course, the neighbors yard.

I was glad to have Richard around because he was very helpful in putting things together and taking things down quickly before it rained. He was also instrumental in the making of THE BAT! I told him that this at least gave him the chance to put his engineering degree to work on something other than kit furniture. :-)

We had a new record for trick or treaters with 232. The costumes ranged anywhere from zombies to princesses and everywhere in between. We had a lot of Toy Story 3 characters, Elmos and Pooh bears. My favorite costume all night was a little guy in a fuzzy duck costume. He was adorable!

We gave out a ton of candy and had a great night. The kids liked the decorations. Contrary to some fears that they might be frightened, several of the smaller ones wanted to pet the giant spider and one little guy wanted to take it with him. Strange children.

Here are some photos:

Richard works on the bat. We cut the design out of a heavy piece of vinyl. Richard made a custom PVC frame and we rivetted straps to hold the bat to the frame. We also took apart a cat toy and used the green LEDs for the bat's eerie glowing eyes.

This was the baby bat. He's adorable :-)

These we took Halloween night...the quality isn't great due to the dark conditions, but it will help give you an idea of how things looked SPOOKY!

Spooky cemetery with an open grave

The witch greets visitors.