Some progress finally..

With my work schedule sapping all my free time, I'm just now getting some time to work on some things.  First, interesting factoid -- Did you know mice like eating paper mache heads?  I know this because Walter and Henry (the Zombies) got their heads eaten in the off-season.  So I set out to make some new heads.  I found some black fake pumpkins that fit the bill nicely, they are foam/plastic so there shouldn't be any issues with rodents.  I also took some of the ping-pong eyes I made last year to make these guys look a bit creepier.

2009 Video!

And there you have it, a nice little video for 2009. Be sure to check out the pictures too!

Halloween 2009 Night Photos

Here's what you've been waiting for -- the night pictures!

Success!

Halloween 2009 has come and gone.  Just like last year, the weather was about as perfect as possible with very little wind.  Overall we had 267 tots (trick or treaters) in total.  Next years mission is to break 300.  No costume tracking for this year as I wasn't prepared but I did notice a trend with video game characters.

Halloween 2009 Day Photos

Smile for the camera!  Here's some pictures from the daytime.

2009 Setup Day 1

Worked on some zombies today.  I'm trying some latex gloves filled with wire and Great Stuff for the hands, seems to be working pretty good so far.  I also paper-mached some heads and filled them with newspaper and Great Stuff.  They were also wired with some green leds for eyes, you know, for that extra somethin' somethin'.  Setup the tombstones and fence with a couple of spotlights.  I've got a lot of painting and setup to do tomorrow!

Pumpkin Carving

Saw this picture online -- simply brilliant!

Snow! Eek!

It snowed today!  Snow + Halloween Display = Crap.  It looks like it will clear up before Saturday.

Odds and Ends

In years past I haven't done much of anything inside the house.  This year I've put together a couple of things including a skull chandelier, some candles and some potions.

Fog Juice!

Received my gallon of fog juice from FroggysFog.com today. I ordered Swamp Juice this time which is supposedly very very thick. I used "Freezin' Juice" last year from Froggy's and it worked out awesome but it dissipates fairly rapidly and with the wind being unpredictable as it is, I'm thinking this stuff will be easier to work with.