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First annual Halloween Spook Alley

We are so doing this every year. 

I told the boys to pick something scary to dress up as this year so we could all do the spook alley together.
three boys

First, The Fish: Vampire!
fishy
Next up, T: Phantom!
t
Last, but not least, The Little Guy: Lil’ Vampire!
becker

Kelly D. took the boys trick-or-treating before dark this time so they’d be back in time to man their stations.

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We set up everything in the driveway, and Beck was the greeter vampire. But, seriously, how cute is that sign that Tate made?

sign

Many thanks to Curtis, who operated the ‘freaky monkey’ attraction.
curtis
And Robyn, who was the fortune teller.
robyn
It takes a village.

Also thanks to Kelly, who, against his will participated by being the ‘head on a table’ guy.
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I’ve never wanted him more.

We had lots of happy visitors and we had a blast doing this. After it was all over, Fish said, “Mom that was cool. That was a really good idea.” Then he held up his hand for a high-five.
The Little Guy said over and over, “That was a really fun spook alley!”
And at the end of the night, just before bed, T handed me this:
note
So, I think it was exactly what I wanted in the end. Something we could do together. Good, clean Halloween fun for the whole family.

Feeling left out? Wishing you could have been here? Well, fear not, we have video! Enjoy!

13 comments

1 Amie { 11.01.09 at 1:15 am }

looks like fun :) The boys look so adorable. Love the sign. Happy Halloween!

2 Pam { 11.01.09 at 8:50 am }

How cute. I loved the sign also. My boys used to turn our garage and back of our house in to a spook ally for a whole week before Halloween. Those were the fun days.

3 Anna { 11.01.09 at 9:03 am }

My kids loved it!!! Evie likes to be scared so she went through twice! You ALL looked so awesome, definitely the highlight of Halloween for us!

4 Aislinn { 11.01.09 at 3:19 pm }

YAY for spook alley’s!! I’m sorry I missed it but my kids told me all about it and Mykenzi even re-lived the horrible details of the spider in front of her face for me! ;)
Very creative – glad ya’ll had fun – can’t wait to see what you pull off next year!

5 Rachel { 11.01.09 at 9:52 pm }

Thank you for the video! I feel like it was just for me :) I thought all day about your spooky alley, it was even better than I had expected. What fun! I loved the KD Head, what a good sport. Love the Vampire BOYS. Could it be your love of Edward had anything to do with their costumes, hum?

6 AmberG { 11.02.09 at 12:04 am }

So cute! It looks like fun. I love the Cullen crest on the Fish’s costume.

7 Samantha Vermeulen { 11.02.09 at 7:24 am }

Is that pin on The Fish’s vampire cape a Cullen crest? Because it looks suspiciously like one…. ;)

8 Heidi { 11.02.09 at 8:59 am }

It was great! thanks for the fun night.

9 Christy { 11.02.09 at 9:11 am }

That was so fun. Wish I could have stuck around a bit to see some folks getting spooked. The boys looked adorable in their scary costume choices. Beck…too cute! It will be fun to watch your ideas and creativity next year. The older boys have both offered to help next year if you need them. They don’t get to trick or treat any more…too old.
Also, I’m a little slow but I put your Kelly Annie button on my blogs. If you have one for Gallery Photography, let me know what the code is and I’ll add that one too.

10 grandmalizzy { 11.02.09 at 7:45 pm }

Well, that’s too fun. I didn’t know it would be run Halloween night, I felt pretty much okay and I would have slipped away and seen it. I’m sure it was so fun for the boys, you will never be able to stop it, even when the boys are also too old to go t or t. I’ll be there next year for sure.

11 Carly { 11.02.09 at 10:14 pm }

Thanks for posting the video, so bummed we missed it! We look forward to next year!

12 Famous Erin { 11.03.09 at 8:11 am }

AWESOME!!!! That is the beginning of many Halloween’s to come. You are now officially the house that EVERYONE will be coming to. The sign was the best – use it every year!

13 Carolyn Losee { 11.04.09 at 9:55 am }

The Losees’ hang out at your fun blog. Catherine and her daughter Lauren commented “She is soooo funny. We are glad to learn of your clever, talented, humorous….self! Keep up the good work!

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