daddy's haunted house

for years brad has wanted to build a haunted house for the neighborhood kids. he decided that this was the year. what started as a 7-room haunted mansion, we downsized for budgetary considerations to a very scary porch and side yard exit. judging by the screams of terror i heard from my esteemed location on the living room couch, fun was had by all most (one patron cried, but hey, you can't please 'em all!)

mason and grammy helping set up for the festivities
(grammy had no idea what she was in for!)

emma - the official black-fingernail-polish-painter

co-conspirator (brother of emma and neighbor) jonathan

co-conspirator (brother of emma & jonathan and neighbor) oscar

co-conspirator (and friend of oscar) dylan

co-conspirator (and friend of jonathan) collin

the mastermind (aka daddy)

the daylight version of the tunnel of doom
(visualize total darkness, fog, strobe & black lights,
plus scary people jumping out as you reach in for the candy)

the full cast of characters (plus mason)
yes, that is a body laying next to our hedges

guess who's not scared?!

for the record, mason was fast asleep when all the fun began. and outside of the black spray paint which found its way on our gutters, the house is pretty much back to normal. we hope daddy had fun!