Halloween

I love Halloween! It is my favorite holiday. We celebrate it full-tilt at my house. Every year we have the scariest house on the block. My sons really help me to go all out and create a truly scary house. Full cemetery, "dead" bodies" (many of which get up and follow the trick-or-treaters down the driveway), giant spiders, heads on spikes, fog machine, strobe lights. Check out my son's blog with advice on costumes (WARNING - very mature!)

This year, they have decided that we are doing a Star Wars themed Halloween. I am not sure if this will work. Last year will be hard to top. One son was Michael Meyers and the other Freddie Kruger. Kids and adults were screaming. We have put about 1,000 little glow-in-the-dark stars and planets all over the front porch and have 2 huge black lights so the porch will look like space. I have to be the Evil Emperor, but that's ok because I can quote him verbatim from Star Wars VI - Return of the Jedi. I will have to get back to you on the scare factor after the event.

At the elementary school where I teach, we do a Halloween carnival every year with a haunted house. My son did the scaring 2 years ago, and all the kids said it was not as good last year without him. This year, both boys (OK yeah so they are men!) will go and scare the CRAP out of all these kids. They are so excited! The students ask every day to make sure my sons are still coming to scare them. Ain't Halloween grand???