Halloween 2011

Another successful Halloween had by all! We spent the weeks leading up to Halloween trying to think of how we could top last year's theme! Those who may recall, we were The Wizard of Oz and we had a blast with it! After much back and forth, we decided to go "old school" with our costumes and it turned out great. We did our typical set up in front of the house with our inflatable haunted castle, the talking ghoul, and a number of other things. Next year we talked about turning our side yard into a foggy graveyard. I also want to get orange sting lights. As you know, we just love Halloween!

Each year we are always amazed at how many kids come through our neighborhood, so this year we bought a clicker to count the number of kids. This year was a record 546 kids, we couldn't believe it!!!!! Our neighborhood is really one of the few in the county that has street lights and sidewalks. There are a number of gated communities that don't do Halloween, so most of the county comes to us for trick-or-treating. Which is fine, it makes it all the more fun! Stacey, Gigi, Pops, and Uncle Scotty stayed and handed out the candy and helped control the masses of kids coming through, while I walked around with Caroline, Jack and Lauren. We walked around LSV for 2 hours. The kids are definitely set for candy for weeks!

As always, we have a lot of fun getting into the spirit of Halloween. It's become one of our favorite family traditions. Let's see what we can come up with for next year! LOL..... Here are some of this year's pictures.