[SIZE=8pt]For us, that is the offical start of the Holiday Season so I'm chomping at the bit. [/SIZE]
The boys will carve the pumpkins right after school and get them lit and in place. Tracey and I get dressed up and ready in the late afternoon while it's still light out. That's when the little kids will show up. You know, they real cutie pies: the babies, the pre-schoolers, the little ones. Love them to pieces. Tracey and I will be on the porch waiting and ready and armed with candy and toy prizes for them.
We'll order a couple of pizzas for dinner. Who's got time to cook???? No way! And I'll set out plenty of finger food for us: buffallo wings, chips and dip, and always a decorated cake and cup cakes and cider. We'll be watching some of our scarey movies too.
At dark, the boys and friends will be dressed up and lurking about. They'll be on their 4 wheelers and watching the perimeter and neighborhood because sometimes we get some over zealous trouble makers, so they will be watching. The most problems we ever had was to be toilet papered but last year some vehicles got hit with paint ball guns and got some windows shot out and that's where I'd draw the line, so we do watch.
The boys are known to pop out of nowhere to scare the bigger kids a little bit as they make their way to the porch where the candy is. We have strobe lights going on and those scarry music tapes blasting from the porch conceled behind the hay bails and Tracey is gaurenteed to howl on command. We usually have a graveyard to walk through but it finally fell apart so I never replaced it. But the oldest said he'd make a new one if he gets time. For anyone that has ever called me from the forum, they know that Tracey talks on command and howls too. I know some monster will be jumping off the roof (into a pile of leaves) but it won't be me anymore! We expect about 40 kids to come and more if we're lucky.Jerry will sleep through this whole thing too by the way.
We'll wrap it up by 10:00 pm which is the curfew, but the boys will still be out with the dogs then, watching till midnite or 1:00 PM just in case. I don't forsee any big trouble, but lots of fun!!!
The day after Halloween, all my decorations will be taken down and put away. That will take half a day. The other half of the day will be spent getting the Christmas lights down and tested and that's a whole nuther thread.
The boys will carve the pumpkins right after school and get them lit and in place. Tracey and I get dressed up and ready in the late afternoon while it's still light out. That's when the little kids will show up. You know, they real cutie pies: the babies, the pre-schoolers, the little ones. Love them to pieces. Tracey and I will be on the porch waiting and ready and armed with candy and toy prizes for them.
We'll order a couple of pizzas for dinner. Who's got time to cook???? No way! And I'll set out plenty of finger food for us: buffallo wings, chips and dip, and always a decorated cake and cup cakes and cider. We'll be watching some of our scarey movies too.
At dark, the boys and friends will be dressed up and lurking about. They'll be on their 4 wheelers and watching the perimeter and neighborhood because sometimes we get some over zealous trouble makers, so they will be watching. The most problems we ever had was to be toilet papered but last year some vehicles got hit with paint ball guns and got some windows shot out and that's where I'd draw the line, so we do watch.
The boys are known to pop out of nowhere to scare the bigger kids a little bit as they make their way to the porch where the candy is. We have strobe lights going on and those scarry music tapes blasting from the porch conceled behind the hay bails and Tracey is gaurenteed to howl on command. We usually have a graveyard to walk through but it finally fell apart so I never replaced it. But the oldest said he'd make a new one if he gets time. For anyone that has ever called me from the forum, they know that Tracey talks on command and howls too. I know some monster will be jumping off the roof (into a pile of leaves) but it won't be me anymore! We expect about 40 kids to come and more if we're lucky.Jerry will sleep through this whole thing too by the way.
We'll wrap it up by 10:00 pm which is the curfew, but the boys will still be out with the dogs then, watching till midnite or 1:00 PM just in case. I don't forsee any big trouble, but lots of fun!!!
The day after Halloween, all my decorations will be taken down and put away. That will take half a day. The other half of the day will be spent getting the Christmas lights down and tested and that's a whole nuther thread.
