2nd Annual Haunted House

The kids would not let me forget about our new tradition, which began last year, Our Annual Haunted House. The kids each got to invite a friend over for the party and to help be a part of the haunted house.

Mac came over and helped me with the pumpkin painting before Justin got home. Thanks Mac.......I just love her!!! I was so glad she came and helped Mr. Grant! Logan invited Ryker.....I don't know if these two understood it was a pumpkin painting craft, I think they might have thought it was a shirt painting contest! Thank goodness I put old painting shirts on them!!! Kiersten had Hannah Wood come and Hunter had Carsen Davis. I was very excited that the friends were all from the neighborhood so I didn't have to drive to pick up or take kids home. Mac was so sweet and let Mr. Grant use the puff painting markers and everything! This year Kiersten and Hunter were really helpful and did a wonderful job helping me with the food. Mummy dogs and witches fingers! We had Frankenstein eyeballs.......spookily yummy! Spider's web dip Cups of dirt for dessert We also had yummy pumpkin rolls Mr. Grant really loved the cup of dirt. In fact all the kids did! The kids all ate a lot. They really liked the punch I made with orange juice, bananas, and orange sherbet. Hannah, Kiersten, Mr. Grant, Logan, Ryker, Carsen and Hunter

Instead of bobbing for apples we had bobbing for donuts.

The kids loved it!

It's trickier then it looks!

I love Mr. Grant's smile in the background..........he thought this was hilarious!

It seriously is funny to watch a group of kids doing this!

The things they do with their hands while trying to get the donuts is crazy!

Avry just kept licking his donut...........it was so cute!

Mr. Grant did pretty good with some help from his daddy.

The kids watched a short movie, 'Monsters vs Aliens Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space."

Then it was time for our 2nd annual Haunted House.

My kids had a blast decorating for it. Last year they did it outside but it was a little hard because they had to put stuff up while everyone waited. So they were so excited this year when I said they could have it on their side of the house.

Logan, Ryker, Hannah and Kiersten were Zombies while Carsen and Hunter were mummies.

I wish I had taken pictures of each room.........the kids retreat was a Spiders Web which continued into Kiersten bathroom where Kiersten and Hannah sprayed everyone with silly string as they walked through. Then Kiersten's room was a grave yard.........then on to Hunter's room which was a butcher shop with body parts laying around and everything. Then Mr. Grant's room was the trophy room with rats and monster heads laying around. This is where Justin would pop the balloon and then Logan and Ryker would chase people with butcher knifes from the closet. Then the people ran back into the kids retreat/Spider's web and Hunter and Carsen would come out of the playroom and moan after them. Hunter and Carsen had their hands straight out and would keep running into people as they moaned. For once all our circles in our house really came in handy.

We had a fog machine that blows out bubbles which the kids just loved. As well as strobe lights and black lights in every room.

Don't they look scary!

They really played the part during the Haunted House.

These two spooks got to spray people with silly string.......they were hiding it the shower. They just loved it!

These two had bloody butcher knifes and chased after people. I had planned on being a mummy as well, but we ran out of time to get me in costume plus Logan and Ryker needed help to know when to come out of the closet.

Don't the knifes really complete them?

Justin was the Haunted House guide and did a wonderful job as always!

He is in the Scream costume.

The kids all loved the bloody cut tattoos I had bought.........they did look pretty gross!

What a scary sight!

We had about 30 people come to go through the Haunted House this year. Next year we think we'll just do the Haunted House and no big party before, but we'll send out invitations for people to come through it and maybe have treats and hot chocolate for them to have while they wait their turn.

Everyone was so patient as we could only take about 4 people at a time. The kids just had a BLAST! Thank you to everyone for their screams.........we even had two little kids that came through cry. The kids thought that was awesome, but I felt bad! Debbie Luna and her family came and Debbie ran out of her shoes and ran all the way out of the house. She truly got scared. Justin talks about some heads of creatures he's killed and there are balloons in the masks while he is talking about them he has a straight pin in his hand and he pops one of the balloons. Debbie scream like a school girl.........that's when she ran out without her shoes.

We had to talk her into coming back inside because she totally missed seeing Hunter's part.

She reluctantly came back in to see Hunter but you could tell she really had been scared.

So we'll definitely invite her next year! It was so much fun I wish I could remember everyone that came..........if I forget someone I apologize....

Grammie & Grampie Cluff

Melissa & Tyler Brogan

Debbie, Jose,Amy, Christy Luna and their friend

Brad and Cheryl Boswell

Quincy, Gloria and Avry Boswell

Nikki & Jaxon Davis as well as four other people they brought with them

Wendy, Hallie, Carsyn, & Stewart Shupe

Mac & JP Pryor

Dawn Espinosa

The kids were all so excited from the Haunted House that they were wired..........so we had them help us clean it up that night!

It's been a fun tradition so far and I think we'll continue to do it!