Halloween is Big R’s favorite Holiday - hands down. He loves to do something different every year (well, almost every year) and surprise the kids in the neighborhood. He tries to put up whatever it is, on the hallowed day, and by the next morning there is no evidence that anything was ever there. He gets a kick out of that. One year he did a zoo scene, complete with a gorilla (Big R) in a cage.
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I think it was 90 degrees that year. I’m glad it was him in that suit and not me!!!
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The year that Lord of the Rings came out, Big R made himself into “treebeard” from the Fangorn Forest. It was pretty creative, I must say, but he kept falling off his tall shoes!
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He finally had to finish off the night in a seated position - not as impressive, but much safer.
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One of my all time favorites was the year he did the dinosaur zoo. They were magnificent.
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There was an electric fence around them for everyone’s safety.
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Unfortunately, one poor fellow didn’t heed the warning and got munched by a crock.
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The wolfman made an appearance a couple of years ago. He was caged behind some wrought-iron fencing adorned with gorilla heads, just to let everyone know he was Serious!!!
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Big R was pretty daunting in that outfit. . .
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. . . but not daunting enough to scare the mighty Micah.
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I think last year was his best ever!!!! He built a movable dragon head with a mouth that opened and eyes that lit up. It was WAY cool!
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He blew smoke out of his nose and scared many a little kid.
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Here, Jacob gets a reassuring pat from his big sister Julia.
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Who knows what evil will be lurking outside our door when Halloween comes THIS year? I guess we’ll all just have to wait and see!!
