Halloween was spent a little differently for us. The Shamo crew got together up in Pine Valley to put on a home-spun Halloween for the kids. Our candies were homemade and trick-or-treating took place only at one house. But, the kids participated in a "spook walk" -can't think of what else to call it.
The night was based on two children's Halloween books: The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything and The Bones of Fred McFee.
The festivities started on Friday with first a visit to the reservoir because for how long I've been going up to Pine Valley, it's pretty pathetic that neither Zach, nor I, had ever been to visit it. It was beautiful up there and we were able to take my grandma with us. Friday night we participated in pumpkin carving and Halloween semi-scary stories.
The next day the kids played outside while the adults decorated and prepared for the evening. My sister, Jamie, thought of everything. She really should be an event planner. If you're familiar with the two books, an integral figure in the Little Old Lady book is the pumpkin-head scarecrow, which Jamie made and "planted" in the garden. Fred McFee's bones were hung high in a tree in a spooky corner of my grandma's yard for the other book. There were other scary sights to see as well. Including a couple of mask-clad uncles that moved in the foggy bushes, and some haunting figures in the bunk house. The night ended with a visit from a "Yettie"? Lincoln was terrified and called it a witch- even though that's what he was for Halloween.
The younger kids just went for a walk through the decorated yard before it got dark, but the older kids were invited on a treasure hunt through the haunted bunk house. They did survive and receive the treasure after-all.
After all that, we returned back to the cabin, drank cider, enjoyed some of the candies and watched Disney's Mr. Boogedy--a classic for our family. We didn't let Lincoln and Gwen watch much of that, I enjoy sleeping a little too much. And, even though it's not that scary of a movie-I didn't want to push it with Lincoln.
4 comments:
Your Grandma told me about this when I saw her at the dentist. It sounded so cool!! And it looks even cooler! That's neat that everything was made by hand. I'm impressed!
I love the idea of getting away from the normal traditional stuff and starting your own. I bet the grandkids will really remember Halloween!
What a good idea! I laughed out loud that the night ended with a visit from a "Yettie". Ha!
That is such a cute idea! Aw, Pine Valley. How fun to see all the cute cousins dressed up.
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