Halloween 2008

The Halloween fairy hit my house while I was at work. I drove into the driveway Friday afternoon to find tombstones in the grass, a pumpkin carving station on the picnic table to the side of the house, and Eric and Emily waving at me from the front window where our blinds were missing. They were still working their magic. (There's a little friendly holiday competition on our street - especially with the Christmas lights. Frank, a few houses up, does a bang up job with his Christmas lights each year, and this year Eric said "We'll let him have Christmas".)

A couple of weeks ago Eric ordered a Halloween movie to project on the front window. Once the sheet (the screen) was pinned over the window, the amp was in the front bushes, and dusk was settling in, he started the movie up. Throughout the night, cars and trick-or-treaters would stop to watch the spooky Halloween greeting/movie. One little girl had to be dragged away to go get more candy at other houses, her eyes never leaving the window (only to come back about a 1/2 hr later - a promise to get her to trick or treat). See the movie here

We were settled out on the driveway near a bonfire with the candy to pass out and we could hear little giggles escape from the trick-or-treaters who were passing by. We roasted hot dogs over the fire pit, drank hot cider - and were really tired by the end of the evening. Suz