The Hunter

Jayke the Zombie Hunter.  Last year the zombie, this year the hunter.  Another awesome costume!  Love the pose too.  I had to keep telling him to stop smiling.  We had terrible weather for Trick or Treating this year.  Jeff and I ended up driving the van the entire way so they could get in and warm up when there was a gap between houses.  It started out cold and rainy then the wind picked up and before it was over, it was snowing!  They hung in there though and got a huge haul.  I think they lasted over 2 hours and covered all of Carrington Woods and part of Farmington, then our street on the way home.

Look at this scary bunch!  Zack Jeffers, Jayke, Mason, Jonathan Chimbanda, Emily and Zach.

Jonathan says he is a Dingus Wingus...whatever that is.  His costume was pretty creative!  

Any Reason to Bust out The Booze

This group looks like they need some booze.  The work crew, all decked out in their Halloween best!  Above is the entire group who dressed up.  I think we had more this year than we did last and the costumes were better too!

Above is our department.  I didn't want to wear an uncomfortable costume all day so I just made a prop and went as in Instagram post.  

Our boss, The King.  Rollerskating Elvis who later, when the booze was brought out, dedicated songs to different departments/people.  I left early so I missed this part of the party, along with the booze, but I did see a video.  My favorite dedication was the one he did for the warehouse and EDI department (This would be Jeff and all who participate in the drop ship program) Return to Sender.  Hilarious!

Creepy the Clown was waiting for us in the darkened cubes.  Good thing clowns are about as scary as kittens to me.  He chased people around all morning with his creepy voice and laugh.  Not all are as unaffected by clowns as I am though.

My favorite, by far, The Gingerbread Man!  Doug, from Quality, as The Gingerbread Man.  He had a video from Shrek all cued up for us to watch with the part including The Gingerbread Man.  Then he had a performance of his own...running, flopping around on the floor, and yelling EAT ME!  By far the best and most entertaining.

Our sales team, Neil, Jeff Bird, and Brad.  We work with the BEST people!  There was tons of food and entertainment all day and at the end of the day they brought out the wine for one of Midwest's infamous "Happy Hours".  The owners enjoyed themselves so much they told us to figure out something for Thanksgiving so we could party again!  I love my job.  Stressful as it is, this makes it worth it!

Meet Jimmy

He said, "When you put that on Facebook, make sure you say it's Jayke and Jimmy!"  Meet Jimmy the Jack 0 Lantern.  He thinks the stem makes it.  I tried to shred it some.  It was a little too dry to get the full effect I was going for but The Boy likes it...that's all that matters!

Treats!

Treat bags for the co-workers

BOO!!!

I was "Booed" at work by a co-worker...Got these wine glasses, that pumpkin decoration, and a bottle of sparking grape juice.  Fun!  Wish we did this in our neighborhood too.  

One Unhappy Zombie

One thing you don't want to do is tick off a zombie, especially one trained in combat. I have managed to do  this quite easily.  Personally, I think he looks great!  He on the other hand thinks I am the WORST at putting on Halloween makeup ever and wants me to take him straight to Bob's so he can put his makeup on for him.

Once we got to Bob's he convinced him that his makeup was applied well and he wasn't in need of a touch up.  I think maybe he was really afraid that he would end up looking like a green faced Brett Michaels zombie!!!

Jeff joined us with his kids and two of their friends.  Zach is the werewolf in the back and Emily is in the pink dress in front.  Seth wouldn't join the picture, I guess when you are twelve it isn't cool to get your picture taken in costume with a bunch of younger kids!  

We took them all Trick or Treating around Bob's neighborhood and they got tons of candy.  All the kids got along well which is encouraging for future get togethers.

Double Dose

We carved our pumpkin this evening and Jayke had an assistant of course.  Nemo loves pumpkins!  After carving our own pumpkins we got a second chance over at Bob's.  Alec looks like he is enjoying hacking that thing up way too much!  We quickly learned that you cannot leave three boys alone with pumpkins.  Bob and I left the room briefly and when we returned the pumpkin goo was flung every where.  What fun is carving a pumpkin without a pumpkin gut fight?

Mom, Come ON!!!

It's that time of year again!!!  Time for me to drag The boy around and make him stick crazy things on his head so I can take his picture.  As you can see, he is absolutely thrilled about it.  I wonder how many more years I will be able to get him to cooperate with this?

Zombie Killer!!

 

Another Halloween...another costume.  I will say that I think we did an outstanding job this year.  I had help from my former martial arts expert, Bobby.  He took many years of martial arts when he was younger so he knew how to add some finishing touches that I wouldn't have thought of.

 

 

 

The thing that cracks me up about this is the snow boots!  They actually worked really well though.  They looked pretty good and they kept his feet warm and dry on what turned out to be a cold Halloween night!

 

 

Sneaky Ninja!!

 

 

Here the Ninja is getting ready to off a zombie who is on the loose!

 

Trick-or-treating with Mason again this year.  I think it is now a tradition, although I don't know about this next character...

 

 

WHO IS THAT HUMAN BANANA??? 

 

LOL~  None other than Bobby wearing Matthew's Morph suit.  I don't know how Angi and Ryan talked him into it but they did.  Matt had basketball practice and wouldn't be able to go trick-or-treating so they thought it would be an outstanding idea for Bobby to wear Matt's costume and go as if he were Matt, collecting candy for him.  I didn't think he was going to do it.  I had taken the boys on ahead to hit some houses while they tried to unsuccesfully convince him.  Next thing I know Jayke, Mason, and I are on a road all by ourselves when a man in a yellow suit and some guy made up like a zombie come running around the corner.  They talked him into it...and Bob joined him in Zombie makeup.  I almost peed myself when I saw them!  Of course there were many jokes such as Bob calling him Bobby, the Human Condom.

 

It didn't last very long because apparently you sweat a lot in a morph suit.  I think he hit about 5 houses.  He was very proud of the fact that he got candy at those 5 houses though!  I think this made my night!

Grouchy and Crazy

 

Cleaning out our pumpkins.  We had 5 this year.  I only got around to carving 2 though.  Think the cold wet weather put a damper on my Halloween mood.  Bobby baked the seeds and they were the best pumpkin seeds I've ever had. 

 

Friends on Facebook thought our pumpkins were a good representation of Bobby and me...I think i'm the one on the left cause that one on the right looks a little crazed!!

 

 

"I ALMOST PEED MY PANTS IN THERE!"

Took a couple of car loads of kids to the haunted houses last night.  As if going to Pendleton to two soccer games and out to eat with half the team wasn't enough.  We decided to haul kids to
Elwood to go to a haunted house.  I took the above picture while I was waiting at the back door for my child to come running out in tears and completely terrified.  

After we sent them in we realized there were a couple of guys at the backdoor waiting with chainsaws to chase them around the parking lot once they got out.  Bobby and I hung out with them while Bob and Gina took Mason, Jayke, Brody, and Matt through the haunted house. (all of the teens went to a different one that under 13s couldn't go in).  I decided it was probably a good idea to position myself where Jayke would be able to see me as soon as he hit that door.

Good thing I did!  He was the first one out.  Screaming and crying, running with his eyes closed.  I grabbed him and calmed him down.  His heart was beating so hard.  He calmed down quickly.  Once I explained that we had been hanging out with these guys talking to them the whole time he was okay with them and agreed to pose for a picture.

They were really good sports.  Mason doesn't look too sure about it.  I doubt Jayke will be wanting to go to another haunted house any time soon.  Come to find out, this one was scarier than the one they weren't permitted to go into.  Matt went through them both and confirmed that this one was way scarier.  I KNOW it was scarier than the one in Gatlinburg we did.

We only had about 5 minutes of protesting to go into his room when we got home.  He finally grabbed Nemo and headed to bed.  He only had to come out 4 times to make sure I was still here.  LOL

Ghost in the Graveyard

Jayke took this picture of our ghost in the flower bed graveyard.  We added him this year as well as the skeleton below...

StoneyCreek

 We have been busy!  We have gotten Jayke's Halloween costume, we have gone to see two different Halloween movies.  ParaNorman and Hotel Transylvania (with friends from soccer) and now we have made a trip to the pumpkin patch.  This may have been the coolest pumpkin patch ever too.  It is in Noblesville near my Dad's house and I can't believe I've didn't know about it before now!  It is called  Stoney Creek Farm.

I only discovered it because I was looking for one near one of our soccer games.  I'm glad I did...I think we may have to go back to this one every year.

The pumpkin vines grow in through the Christmas trees and even up around them in places.  It was really almost eerie in places.

You had to take a hayride out to the pumpkin patch...here is Jayke with his blue slushie.  A little cold for slushies but he HAD to have one.  Bobby and I opted for the warm apple cider instead.  We really wanted an apple slushie but decided to go for warmth instead of yummy.  The cider was good too.  They had all kinds of food there, tenderloins, elephant ears, and all the wonderful artery clogging food you would normally find at a fair.  We passed on the eats.

You will notice a pattern in these pics.  This is only a select few but it you pay attention you will notice that almost every pic has Jayke with his slushie straw in his mouth...OR...showing his blue teeth from the slushie.

I had to make him take the straw out of his mouth for this picture.  He found his pumpkin and is guarding it well.

Straw in mouth...

Tons of activities for kids.  There was a corn cob cannon, which Jayke tried.  A hay stack maze, pony rides, pedal carts you could rid around a track.  A hay stack to climb, blow up, mazes, and even a zip line.

This was a big pipe built into the side of a hill that you could go down.  He was a little worried about this. Kept asking how fast it would go.  On the way down there were a couple of bumps.  He was very quiet but then I heard...ouch....ouch....before he came out the other end.  LOL...

There was a mini petting zoo with rabbits, donkeys, goats, ducks, and chickens.  Jayke was enjoying the animals until THIS goad sneezed in his face.  He was not impressed...at all.  I was thoroughly amused.

I can check this off my Halloween bucket list.  Only a couple more things left before the big day!  Pumpkin carving pics coming soon as well as Jayke's costume pictures.  I've already taken them but I'm not posting them until Halloween.  The graveyard is back up out front and we added some things this year.  Pics of that to come as well.  I'm also going to attempt to MAKE Zoey a Halloween costume.  THAT could be interesting!

Time to Decorate

Halloween decorating in progress.  Nemo looks a little worried about that flock heading towards him!

SCORE!!

All this Martha Stewart Halloween loot for less than $20! There are really nice garlands, coasters, treat bags and boxes, cupcake picks, and a large window cling that is a crow in a tree for the back door window. Originally $80 worth of stuff...and actually stuff I like! I never find clearance stuff I like. Usually there is just junk left over. Not this time! I can't wait for Halloween! I'm going to celebrate it the entire month of October next year!

Two Ghouls

Mason the Zombi and Jaykeb the Werewolf. While we were trick-or-treating one lady saw them coming and said, "Oh look! It's Edward and Jacob!" (From the Twilight movie) Edward is really a vampire but Mason could be a vampire if he just had the teeth! I didn't think of this before the lady mentioned it but as soon as she did I looked at them and totally saw it! So cute! I wish I had thought of it myself. Jaykeb told the lady his name really was Jacob! She may have given them extra candy too...I don't know.

We didn't last very long trick-or-treating. Jaykeb started saying he was tired and his legs hurt. I think he just wanted to play basketball and wait for Matthew to get home. Matthew and Alec had basketball tryouts so they weren't able to go with us. Jayke was more than bummed.

After our shortened outing we headed to Oma's to show them what a scary Werewolf Jayke was. He barely had any makeup left on his face though. Jackson didn't mind...he was only interested in Jayke's furry head and hands. I think he thought they were a cat! Oma gave Jayke a Scooby Doo DS game which he immediatley started playing. He says it is his favorite game and hasn't stopped playing it since. We couldn't stay long because The Boy had to get home, shower, do homework, and position himself on the couch in preparation for watching Sammy Terry. I decided to let him stay up late and sleep on the couch so he could see Sammy. We usually don't do this on school nights but since it was Halloween and Sammy is only on once a year (if that) I was making an exception. He made it to 9:30 and then he was out. 30 minutes short of Sammy! I expected this so I set the DVR to record it.

I, on the other hand, thouroughly enjoyed Sammy and the old movie he was hosting. I checked the Facebook page for the tv network later and saw that hundreds of people had posted requests to bring Sammy Terry back every Friday night to host Nightmare Theatre. We will see if they listen!