It's true, I had my own Halloween Miracle occur this very morning and it happened right in my very own bedroom! (No worries..this is very rated G) For weeks I've been looking for my Jack mask (Latex prosthetic masks are really expensive or I wouldn't care). Somehow, I didn't put it away with the rest of the stuff last year. I'd known where it was..and I remember when I moved it, I just couldn't remember where I moved it to. We went through every box in the garage, the studio next to the garage and the apartment over the garage (DeWitte keeps a lot of boxes of stuff)..nothing. This morning, I woke up and saw Nathan's see-thru engine model box in the corner of my room..which got moved the same time my mask did..and sure enough, there it was! Now Nathan can wear a big boy mask this year after all! :D
Speaking of Nathan, he wanted to be my Spider Man..I thought he just wanted to be in the maze but no. He figured he'd get to keep all the left over silly string and if he was the Spider, he could conserve it and keep the rest for himself. "A little squirt for you, a little squirt for you, 35 cans of silly string for me!" I don't think so, Clark.
We've got a cool new thing we're trying this year. We're having a moving wall on one of the dead ends that can close after someone goes down that path. When they come back the way they came, it'll seem like they're stuck...and hopefully a little panicky.
Half a dozen Fire Fighters came down to our house last night and asked if they could go through the maze. I was kinda worried they'd be looking for fire code infractions but no, they just wanted to play. I turned all the effects back on and turned them loose. They had a ball running around scaring each other and getting lost. Afterward, they told me we should charge admission..which we can't do because then we would have to comply with the fire codes and that many extension cords can't be legal! I planned to ask for donations, though, to give to my PTA.
Hope everyone has a great Halloween!
I don't think I showed you guys this last year..I couldn't find the video of if I did anyway. This is our Jack-In-The Box..he's the distraction in the room that gets your attention while the real Jack sneaks up behind you. (He's not so scary in the light but glowing under the black lights with creepy Monkey Chased the Weasel music..he is.)
DeWitte made him work with the air compressor, a screen door closer and a switch. How he did that, I have no idea..I just tell him what I need and he makes it for me because DeWitte's awesome like that.
but what we encountered when we got to Kmart at 11am on that Saturday morning..every preconceived notion about what to expect went right out the window. It wasn't a Hot Wheel's car show in the living room type of thing, it was a Pixar Car's Collectable Event! and Nathan was the only child. Mostly it was a bunch of old men standing around waiting for I didn't know what. It was our first ever Pixar Car's Collectable Event..our naivety was apparent. There was a man who must have gotten up late for the "Event" and so he didn't have time to put pants on. I guess if you're gonna miss out because you might be late, sweats are the next best thing. Two other men stood there talking about the merits of getting their collectable Maters off EBay..The movie was about McQueen but Mater seems to get all the glory! And one man stood there popping his false teeth in and out of his mouth. I don't usually mention race but he was a white man and his false teeth were clearly not. I think he must have gotten them from a thrift store.
Sorry I haven't been boring you to tears with talk about Halloween this year..I know you're heart broken! :P
Actually, we're using the same Carnevil theme so there's not a lot to do other than put it up. The couple of things that are new haven't really taken a lot of time (which is good..I don't have a lot of time!)
We have a friend for Jack (He's our theme clown)..he glows in the dark but sadly, doesn't have a name yet..
I added a new freak room "The real Spider-man!"..none of that other fluffy Spider-man for us! Before and after..
So, that's what I did today..shopped for treat bag loot for school, cut plastic sheeting (we use that for walls) and painted masks..which equals a pretty fantastic day!
Yesterday, we (That's the royal We..I just got people iced tea and cooked dinner) did this..
She follows me around the house all day until Nathan gets home from school. No matter where I go, there she is. She hates it when I talk on the phone because I pace from the kitchen, through the laundry room, into the living room over and over. After about 2 min. she gets tired of pacing with me so she attacks as if to say would I please sit down! All of that is pretty normal, at least for her..but this morning, not only did she follow me into the bathroom..she followed me into the shower! She perched herself in a tiny bit of corner where she wouldn't get wet. That's weird!
Ok..I'm off, it's Library Wednesday. I love Library Wednesday! :-D
my chickens kitties are a bunch of freeloaders.
My hens are 21 weeks old today. I've had..oh, lets see...zero eggs. Not one. So, I went out and had a little chat with them. I told them I didn't want to make them feel bad about themselves but my mom got chicks after I did and she's already gotten two eggs. It's not that I think they're lazy or anything but if they want to continue to live in the coop, at least Flo and Esther, (the others aren't ready yet)..as opposed to the butcher shop or the fridge, they might want to step it up, I mean, it is soup season (I'd never do that but don't tell them!). I also told them that I was gonna come in and tell everybody on my blog that I've got good for nothing chickens! Lets see if a little shame makes any difference.
Eggwatch 2009 continues.... *sigh*
Jacks back!
Finally..I've got time to work on Halloween!
Here's this years maze..bigger than ever before, 42 x 45 feet. Last years was the biggest at like 39 feet, I don't quite remember. I could look it up but I'm lazy like that.
And Nathan will graduate from a painted face to his own foam latex mask. They're SO much better than traditional masks..they glue to your face so that when you move your face..it moves. It's really creepy and they're about $50 a piece so I can only add a couple a year. And then you've gotta paint them!
I'm getting so excited! This weekend we'll start spraying painting it on the lawn.
