Halloween Haunted Forest

A friend of ours invited us to a Haunted Forest. A family that lives out in the country puts on a Haunted Forest Halloween kick off party every year, and they go all out! They have a huge forest which they decorate with orange lights, lanterns along the trail, and spooky scarecrows and things here and there throughout the forest. It was not a scary, frightening forest and nothing popped out at you. It was just to walk through for fun and the boys absolutely loved it! Cooper started hitting the scarecrows and skeletons he found along the path because he said they were "bad guys." He is going to be Spiderman for Halloween, so I suppose he was taking on his character. Jaxton was a little bit more reserved as he was looking at all the skeletons and scarecrows. It was not horribly scary, but still I don't think he really has seen or remembers seeing any Halloween skeletons and such. So he was a little quiet, but still enjoyed the walk through the forest.

This sign says: "Enter if you Dare"

They had a gigantic bonfire going in their backyard area. It was humongous! I was afraid the trees would catch on fire!! But they never did. They boys loved the fire. It was a freezing night and you could really feel the heat. They had music playing, so the boys took the opportunity to dance for the crowd.

Cooper & Mom

They had a "bull" that they created out of a barrel on ropes. Some of the older kids were really getting into it. Kids would pull and push on the ropes and the person on the bull would go flying if they let go. Cooper wanted to give it a try, so here he is on the bull.

This is one of Jaxton's favorite babysitters, Marissa. She is one of my wonderful beehives. When he saw here there, he wanted to hold her hand and hang out with her the entire time! He had a lot of fun with her!

Here they are on a big makeshift swing. If you are not careful, you can fall over!! Here is Jaxton, Alena, and Marissa.

What a fun start to Autumn and Halloween!