"While We Wait"

"The Waiting Game"

Well I knew she would go and quickly start taking pictures, just didn't think about how quickly she would finish the film. 

She knew what the camera was thanks to the movie Bolt.

Photo From Walt Disney Studios

The Camera reads 10 photos but the package only had 8 and she has taken 7 so far.

I guess to make something clear... the film goes for about $20 and I'm cheap, there I said it....

I suppose I can buy her another pack of film for Halloween if that really is the last one but I guess we will wait. I know that this is not very Halloween-ish but I kind of had to explain why my posts are hit and miss.

So Ill end it with this,

Do you have any Halloween pictures/photos that you would like to share? Let me know

" Day #1 - Step #1"

Day #1 - Step #1

 Hand a classic Polaroid camera to a 4 YO and see what happens...

Enjoy and Stay Tuned for the final product .....

 and don't forget to check out all the other "cryptkeepers"

"Tell Me Your Worst Candy Nightmare"

"Let Me Know" 

Right up above this post is a poll on a few of the worst candy that I have ever received in my reflective bright orange safety Halloween bag, you know the ones you would get at that mandatory safety assembly in the school gym/cafeteria when you were a kid. Well we are not talking about the bags but more about that one candy.. the one that quickly stole that twinkle in your eye the moment you dumped your bag on the kitchen table at end of the night. It was so horrible that you quickly lookup at your friends and hope that they didn't get a glimpse of it or else they'd make you eat it for a good laugh. Anyway here are some of my least favorites....

Cinnamon Mints

DOTS

Candy Corn                                                                                      Circus Peanuts

 

Take the poll for fun and share with us which ones you hated getting in your candy bags....


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"Way back Wednesday" 

Going way back with this one to my first ever horror/scary movie.

 

 This was the first movie that I can at least remember watching as a kid and my first introduction to horror/scary movies. We would make it a nightly event when on TV or when someone was daring enough to rent it. We would go all out with snacks,drinks and all other great stuff we would pick up at a corner store down the street we grew up on that just happen to be named Elm St.

 

Been closed now for years

but if you walked in with $5 you came out with snacks to last you a week...or at least a few hours. 

  Most of these post are going to be short and to the point....sorry but at least it will give you time to go and check out more awesome blogs at http://countdowntohalloween.blogspot.com/ and also check back here for other cool stuff to come all month long.

 

Well I'm going to start this off with something that we and I'm sure you all look forward to every year the "13 Nights of Halloween" schedule. I'm sure that you all have seen it but here it is anyway for those of you that haven't. Enjoy.. 

 

Let me know what  Movie or Show you are most looking forward to. 

Info and Full Schedule from FREEFORM.COM

"Getting Zombie Figures Ready"

 Still working on painting them, I'm having a bit of trouble choosing a color scheme for each.

  (still working on this one)

 But I think they are coming out pretty good.

 

Just to give an idea of what they look like before paint.

and yes these will be given away later this month.

Eating Monster Brains

These were fun to make and eat.....well I didn't help much in making them but you can bet I helped make them disappear.  I'm not going to take credit for this treat, it was the wife's idea.

These are the items needed, you can use your choice of flavors.

Go crazy when making your own monster faces on the cups.

First step it to make the pudding, just follow the instructions on the box, they vary depending on the one you buy. Next fill the cups (oh yeah using clear cups is best) about 3/4 of the way.

Crush up your cookies (oreos in our case) in what ever fun way you want.

 

Last sprinkle some crushed cookies on top and that's it you done.

Those are my little monsters feet.

Enjoy!!!

Well hello everyone, another Halloween month has come and id like to start it out by watching...

and yes also watching it on HDDVD, if you follow me on here or on my Facebook page then you will know that I like the classic stuff.

This was just a quick hello and please stay tuned as I will have giveaways throughout the month.

Happy Halloween

"Repairing Halloween"

The other day we were taking out the Halloween decorations we had our first casualty, one of our pumpkins did not survive the year long storage and was found shattered in pieces. Of course my wife’s answer was, oh just throw it away, I said nope! I’ll fix it. So I gathered all the pieces and got to work.

 These were all the decent pieces that I could find, all the rest had turned into dust.

 I also had to recreate one of his eyes as the pieces were to far gone.

Here he is all put back together, I would give all those kings horses and all those kings men a run for their money.

And Here with the first coats of paint, went with a bit more natural color.

13 Nights of Halloween

The 13 Days of Halloween Lineup for ABCFamily 

Oct. 19
1:30 p.m. — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
5 p.m. — Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
9 p.m. — Hocus Pocus
12 a.m. — Corpse Bride

Oct. 20
4 p.m. — Corpse Bride
6 p.m. — Hocus Pocus
9 p.m. — Stitchers 2015 Halloween Special
12 a.m. — Casper

Oct. 21 
5 p.m. — Casper
7 p.m. — The Addams Family
9 p.m. — Addams Family Values
12 a.m. — I Know What You Did Last Summer

Oct. 22 
4 p.m. — The Addams Family
6 p.m. — Addams Family Values
8 p.m. — The Hunger Games
12 a.m. — I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

Oct. 23
5:30 p.m. — The Hunger Games
8:30 p.m. — Sleepy Hollow
12 a.m. — Matilda

Oct. 24
7 a.m. — Matilda
9 a.m. — ParaNorman
11 a.m. — Corpse Bride
1 p.m. — The Nightmare Before Christmas
2:30 p.m. — Casper
4:30 p.m. — The Addams Family
6:30 p.m. — Addams Family Values
8:30 p.m. — Monsters University
11 p.m. — Toy Story OF TERROR!
11:30 p.m. — Hocus Pocus

Oct. 25
7 a.m. — ParaNorman
9 a.m. — Corpse Bride
11 a.m. — The Nightmare Before Christmas
12:30 p.m. — Casper
2:30 p.m. — The Addams Family
4:30 p.m. — Addams Family Values
6:30 p.m. — Toy Story OF TERROR!
7 p.m. — Monsters University
9:45 p.m. — Hocus Pocus

Oct. 26
5:30 p.m. — Sleepy Hollow
9 p.m. — Toy Story OF TERROR!
9:30 p.m. — The Nightmare Before Christmas
12 a.m. — Frankenweenie

Oct. 27
4 p.m. — Frankenweenie
6 p.m. — The Nightmare Before Christmas
7:30 p.m. — Toy Story OF TERROR!
9 p.m. — Hocus Pocus
12 a.m. — ParaNorman

Oct. 28
4 p.m. — ParaNorman
6 p.m. — Hocus Pocus
8:15 p.m. — Dark Shadows
12 a.m. — Casper

Oct. 29 
5 p.m. — Casper
7 p.m. — The Addams Family
9 p.m. — Addams Family Values
12 a.m. — Hocus Pocus

Oct. 30
2:30 p.m. — The Addams Family
4:30 p.m. — Addams Family Values
6:30 p.m. — Hocus Pocus
8:30 p.m. — Poltergeist
12 a.m. — Poltergeist II: The Other Side

Oct. 31
7 a.m. — Batman
10 a.m. — Batman Returns
12:30 p.m. — Poltergeist
3 p.m. — Sleepy Hollow
5:30 p.m. — The Nightmare Before Christmas
7 p.m. — Hocus Pocus
9:15 p.m. — Hocus Pocus
11:30 p.m. — Sleepy Hollow


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"I'm the baby"

It’s funny how a child can change you, it’s not just that you grow up because you are now responsible for a human life but this child has made me a baby myself. Before I go on there will be Halloween in this post I promise, I find that every time I see a newborn I quickly think he or she is just adorable and that is not a word I use regularly or was ever in my vocabulary, also I find myself fighting back tears with every video I watch of a baby or young child in it...gosh huh…..wait “gosh” where did that come from.

But I will also do anything for this child…anything. When we watched the first episode of The Walking Dead there was a scene where a bad guy had a baby by the neck and threatened to harm her. I had the worst feeling on that scene and I swear that I would have done something bad to that guy I mean I was angry, sad, felt hopeless and it was just a TV show but if you have read my blog you know how much I get into movies and shows.

Then there is this…

I wasted no time painting my daughters bum so that my wife could make a bumpkin out of it. See this is in the Halloween spirit, even though I used my daughter as the butt of this joke…get it. HA HA.

 

We even attempted to take pictures of her in a pumpkin patch but this was the best that we could get out of her, she was more entertained by the grass as it was the first time that she felt it between her toes. I will say this, she kicked the crap out of the grass and we all had fun.


Oh and Daddy made that bow....yup!

 

"Halloweens Past"

♪♫ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ♪♫

I can’t wait for that one Halloween day when I get asked “Daddy are going to dress up too” and then I’ll  have to dress up and go trick or treating with my daughter, I’m going to hate it…….YEAH RIGHT! As I write this I am thinking of all the cool things I can be and what costumes I wore as a kid back in the day. I can only think of a few, I went as The Crow one year in my teens and……….umm……wow… my trick or treating sucked I guess, well I do for some reason remember dressing up as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. Yeah that’s me as Leo and my cousin Robert as Raph and one thing that I remember is that those costumes were only meant to be worn once and only once because by the end of the night they were barely hanging on by whatever plastic it was made of or had fallen off and stuffed in your candy bag if it fit with all that awesome candy you had, I mean the dang candy bags were made better than the costume itself.

But Halloween was always fun in our family wither you dressed up or not because everyone got into the spirit like my dad, he would just sit there at the end of the drive way and scare kids with just a mask on…now that’s talent.

 

 Even my grandma would sometimes join in on the fun.

 That’s my sis and her son Chucks eating the candy for other kids……I taught him well.