Halloween 2009

Peg came over to hand out candy while James went trick or treating with his parents. James was able to help put up some of the decorations this year. This was an extremely windy day so we did not put up all the inflatables, but it was still a respectable display of terror we think.

There were huge Halloween decorations out, animatronics and everything. We really planned on taking pictures of the homes similar to what we did in 2006 but just never got around to doing it. Many of the homes (including ours) do not put up all the decorations until Halloween day so the time to do it would be during the day when we are putting up decorations as well. Maybe we can work something out for next year.
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Edited: October 31st, 2009

Halloween 2008

This year we had a big trip to the pumpkin patch where James got to pick out whatever pumpkins he wanted, then we took them home and cleaned them up, and carved them up. James did the little one all by himself. Great work James.

James heard us talking about the tale where my sister Criss soaped the inside of the windows on devils night, not to be outdone by his Aunt, James did a little artwork himself on the window.
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Edited: October 31st, 2008

Halloween 2006

This was a fun Halloween and most of the strange characters that you see are people who live on our street, what a cool street we live on. James had no idea that Sponge Bob and the Burger King guy were actually the same neighbors he sees in the summer mowing their lawns. James trick or treated the entire block of Tulane, then did a drop off and went back for more on Vassar.

We brought out the Nash and put a skeleton in him for some added atmosphere as far as the decorations goes. Lots of fun was had by all and this was for sure a Halloween to remember.
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Edited: October 31st, 2006

Best Decorated Halloween Homes 2006

Halloween is getting bigger and bigger and may someday even rival Christmas for home decorations. I think alot of it is you really can’t make a mistake when decorating a house for Halloween. The crappier it looks, the better it will be. A house with a bad paint job and poorly maintained looks so much better in October than December. We used to have elaborate Halloween displays in our front yard too, but since someone stole our Homer Simpson inflatable one Christmas, we only put outside decorations up on Halloween day and not before.

We thought it would be a fun trip to check out some of the decorations for Halloween this year so here they are.
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Edited: October 29th, 2006

Halloween 2005

James was a bumble bee this Halloween. There is a commercial with a bee in it that he simply loves so we thought he would enjoy dressing up as a bumble bee. We trick or treated the whole block of Tulane this year, and all the neighbors thought James looked so cute in his bumble bee costume.

We decorated Mary’s Nash this year to really look creepy with a skeleton driving it. One of these pics made it to the Nash Metropolitan club of Michigan newsletter for October.
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Edited: October 31st, 2005

Halloween 2004

A year ago James was only about a month old at Halloween time so needless to say he did not do much trick or treating. This year was a different story as James got to go trick or treating for the first time. Amazine really, the kid has only been walking for a little bit and now he’s out trick or treating. He went as Spiderman and seems to enjoy spiderman products and toys. Guess some things never go out of style, I remember reading those comic books when I was a kid and even my mother kept up with Spidey in the local comic strips. A good choice for sure james, you can’t go wrong with a classic.
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Edited: October 31st, 2004

Halloween Train Display 2004

We used to put trains up at Christmas time but I think I am the first to make a Halloween train set. We keep this up year round now because no one plays pool and its on the pool table. We hope to build cabinets around the display to at least make it somewhat practical.

We used to do a Christmas village but I think the Halloween one is better because not alot of people are doing it. Should be fun for James when he is older as well.
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Edited: October 30th, 2004

Knights Dungeon Haunted House

Here are some pictures from the Knights Dungeon haunted house which was a charity haunt which we operated for about a decade. The dungeon became a real big fund raiser for the K of C charities and was reasonably priced so that any size family could attend. Many people help contribute to the overall success of this Halloween event and I would like to thank them all.

Unfortunately there was really no one to carry on the tradition so all that remains of the Knights Dungeon are memories and these few pictures.
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Edited: October 30th, 2001