For all the boyz and ghouls....
This is actually a post that I forgot to make. Sorry for the time lapse.
Friday night after school was a little crazy getting everything washed and packed for the next morning. Yes this may sound extremely weird to the more normal person, but we celebrate Halloween early at the campground. You see, we close the camps for the winter. So the closing date is the 14th of October. We have Christmas in July and we have Thanksgiving in October. Halloween is in September.
All the families get involved with all the activities. Almost every campsite is decorated. Some go to the extreme and create what we refer to as a walkthrough. These are pretty much the same type of thing as a haunted house but for that this is on someone’s front deck or yard. It’s a cover over with a tarp and all the good stuff is inside like a path set up. Ok that was a long way of putting it and I think I confused myself. Just picture a haunted trail. The teens get really involved with their parents. They are all dressed up and they do a great job of scaring people that are walking through.
We also have activities during the day for the little ones. Pumpkin painting and apple bobbing are on the list. I’m really surprised that they didn’t do the parade this year. Either that or someone forgot about it. Most of them never want to do that part though. This party seems to get bigger and bigger every year. Not only do we have the normal campers and seasonals, but we also gather more weekenders.
After the party, all the kids go back to their trailers and settle for lunch or whatnot. At 2pm, everyone makes sure that costumes are on and candy is in the bowls. It’s time for trick or treating. Yes we get to do that too. There are a lot of campers to get candy from.
So lets start with the costume. She wants to be Cleopatra. So Im going crazy looking for a white dress for her to wear and then I can just get the other accessories. This saves me alot of cash because the full costumes are so expensive. So we went to the mall to search. While there, we see all the cool accessories. Its going to cost a small fortune to do this. The only full costume is an adult one and well...thats not what I had planned. So she finds a Hannah Montana wig instead. Try talking her out of this one. Go ahead. Good luck. She just doesnt seem to understand that she herself has long blonde hair. She doesnt need the wig for that one. But she doesnt see to understand until she tries it on. She looked at herself and busted out laughing. Ok so we can now scrap that idea.
She then decides to be a tiger. But the tiger set up was a bit weird too. But there was this cute leopard one. It was just the ears and a tail. She found a bell collar too. And there was a nose piece of a rabbit but we could cut the teeth off and it would be cute. She agrees and off we go to the register.
Once at the camp though, she had other ideas. She wanted makeup. So I put some eye makeup on her and she was happy. So after getting all fixed up, we headed up to the party. She picked out a pumpkin and started to paint it and put all these spooky stickers on it. Then she chowed down on some super sugary stuff. This should be fun and keep her going for a little while.
After all that, we went back to the camp and helped Mouse set up the goodies. We have a couple of torso manequines. Please dont ask me to spell check that one because I really dont feel like it right now. But you have the idea of what Im talking about. One of them was the same one used in the Fourth of July Parade. Go back and check the spelling there.
So now we have two. Both have heads but no arms. Doesnt matter. We can fix that. So for one of them, we put clothes on and made it look like he had a lower body. Shoes and all. We put a mask on him that was actually Bill Clinton with the tongue out. You know, from his Monica days. The other one, we sat behind a table and put a wolfman mask on. We made arms for him and gave him a knife. On the table were some hands and a full arm.
Cami helped put fake blood all over everything. We figured that this would get her used to what she will expect in the walk throughs. We also set up the fog machine and the strobe lights. We put some of those Halloween Scene Setters up on the front of the deck. This was really looking cool. Now to wait until dark.
The trick or treating also has now begun. So my mom and I take Cami around the park. We made a killing on candy. Also we ran into some really funny and scary costumes. We got to see some of the cool decorations. Im serious when I say that everyone goes all out for this.
After the candy fetching is over, I want her to take a nap. Shes exhausted and whiney by now. So am I for that matter. After an hour of that, she settles down for dinner and we wait til dark.
We take a ride up to the rec hall and wait in line for the hayride. We board this buckboard trailer and ride to the first walk through. Cami goes in with us and ends up scared shitless. Im serious. I had to carry her the rest of the way out. What an awesome job they did on this. Kudos to them. The next trip was quick and it wasnt as scary. It was a nice ride though.
Then we hit a couple more but one stood out from all the rest. We went through a tunnel of sorts and they did an awesome job. Then mom and I come to an open room where this nurse in a bloody uniform comes out. I knew who it was but she did a great job playing the part. She tells mom to sit and rest while the doctor comes. He pops out of nowhere and scares the crap out of mom. Then Nurse Hatchet takes us to the next room. Here mom gets to be pulled around by two witches. This was hysterical because these ladies are her friends. How appropriate huh? They got the kids involved with masks too and it was a blast. So on to the next one.
After we were done, we went back to the camp and watched the next rides go by. I took Mouse to see the one with all our friends and he got some ideas for next year. But the doctor wouldnt leave me alone. Not like this hasnt happened before. But this one was an old man. Not my type if you ask me. But we had alot of fun.
We all slept good that night and I went home the next afternoon. I was exhausted. The next weekend is Thanksgiving. How much fun could we possibly have. We will have to wait and see.
Friday night after school was a little crazy getting everything washed and packed for the next morning. Yes this may sound extremely weird to the more normal person, but we celebrate Halloween early at the campground. You see, we close the camps for the winter. So the closing date is the 14th of October. We have Christmas in July and we have Thanksgiving in October. Halloween is in September.
All the families get involved with all the activities. Almost every campsite is decorated. Some go to the extreme and create what we refer to as a walkthrough. These are pretty much the same type of thing as a haunted house but for that this is on someone’s front deck or yard. It’s a cover over with a tarp and all the good stuff is inside like a path set up. Ok that was a long way of putting it and I think I confused myself. Just picture a haunted trail. The teens get really involved with their parents. They are all dressed up and they do a great job of scaring people that are walking through.
We also have activities during the day for the little ones. Pumpkin painting and apple bobbing are on the list. I’m really surprised that they didn’t do the parade this year. Either that or someone forgot about it. Most of them never want to do that part though. This party seems to get bigger and bigger every year. Not only do we have the normal campers and seasonals, but we also gather more weekenders.
After the party, all the kids go back to their trailers and settle for lunch or whatnot. At 2pm, everyone makes sure that costumes are on and candy is in the bowls. It’s time for trick or treating. Yes we get to do that too. There are a lot of campers to get candy from.
So lets start with the costume. She wants to be Cleopatra. So Im going crazy looking for a white dress for her to wear and then I can just get the other accessories. This saves me alot of cash because the full costumes are so expensive. So we went to the mall to search. While there, we see all the cool accessories. Its going to cost a small fortune to do this. The only full costume is an adult one and well...thats not what I had planned. So she finds a Hannah Montana wig instead. Try talking her out of this one. Go ahead. Good luck. She just doesnt seem to understand that she herself has long blonde hair. She doesnt need the wig for that one. But she doesnt see to understand until she tries it on. She looked at herself and busted out laughing. Ok so we can now scrap that idea.
She then decides to be a tiger. But the tiger set up was a bit weird too. But there was this cute leopard one. It was just the ears and a tail. She found a bell collar too. And there was a nose piece of a rabbit but we could cut the teeth off and it would be cute. She agrees and off we go to the register.
Once at the camp though, she had other ideas. She wanted makeup. So I put some eye makeup on her and she was happy. So after getting all fixed up, we headed up to the party. She picked out a pumpkin and started to paint it and put all these spooky stickers on it. Then she chowed down on some super sugary stuff. This should be fun and keep her going for a little while.
After all that, we went back to the camp and helped Mouse set up the goodies. We have a couple of torso manequines. Please dont ask me to spell check that one because I really dont feel like it right now. But you have the idea of what Im talking about. One of them was the same one used in the Fourth of July Parade. Go back and check the spelling there.
So now we have two. Both have heads but no arms. Doesnt matter. We can fix that. So for one of them, we put clothes on and made it look like he had a lower body. Shoes and all. We put a mask on him that was actually Bill Clinton with the tongue out. You know, from his Monica days. The other one, we sat behind a table and put a wolfman mask on. We made arms for him and gave him a knife. On the table were some hands and a full arm.
Cami helped put fake blood all over everything. We figured that this would get her used to what she will expect in the walk throughs. We also set up the fog machine and the strobe lights. We put some of those Halloween Scene Setters up on the front of the deck. This was really looking cool. Now to wait until dark.
The trick or treating also has now begun. So my mom and I take Cami around the park. We made a killing on candy. Also we ran into some really funny and scary costumes. We got to see some of the cool decorations. Im serious when I say that everyone goes all out for this.
After the candy fetching is over, I want her to take a nap. Shes exhausted and whiney by now. So am I for that matter. After an hour of that, she settles down for dinner and we wait til dark.
We take a ride up to the rec hall and wait in line for the hayride. We board this buckboard trailer and ride to the first walk through. Cami goes in with us and ends up scared shitless. Im serious. I had to carry her the rest of the way out. What an awesome job they did on this. Kudos to them. The next trip was quick and it wasnt as scary. It was a nice ride though.
Then we hit a couple more but one stood out from all the rest. We went through a tunnel of sorts and they did an awesome job. Then mom and I come to an open room where this nurse in a bloody uniform comes out. I knew who it was but she did a great job playing the part. She tells mom to sit and rest while the doctor comes. He pops out of nowhere and scares the crap out of mom. Then Nurse Hatchet takes us to the next room. Here mom gets to be pulled around by two witches. This was hysterical because these ladies are her friends. How appropriate huh? They got the kids involved with masks too and it was a blast. So on to the next one.
After we were done, we went back to the camp and watched the next rides go by. I took Mouse to see the one with all our friends and he got some ideas for next year. But the doctor wouldnt leave me alone. Not like this hasnt happened before. But this one was an old man. Not my type if you ask me. But we had alot of fun.
We all slept good that night and I went home the next afternoon. I was exhausted. The next weekend is Thanksgiving. How much fun could we possibly have. We will have to wait and see.
posted by BC at
8:30 PM
4 Comments:
What a cool place! I would have loved those "walk throughs" as a kid. Heck, I'd probably like 'em now!
They are a blast and everyone works hard on them for a couple of weeks before it all happens. Its the one time of the year there that I truely look forward to. I love to do the decorating too. I dont here at the house because Im never home on Halloween. Cami goes somewhere else to Trick or Treat. :D
Sounds like all that hard work paid off.
Great post btw, as I could almost see the look of shock on your mum's face. :D
I really dont think Mom gets shocked too easily. LOLOL
Can someone link me to another site that shares photoalbums besides photobucket, flickr and imageshack? I want to be able to load these photos in so that everyone can see them but I want it to be something easy to use.
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