I got almost all of the props set up on Saturday.   That's 50 tombstones, 6 life-sized monsters, hundreds of skull, 2 coffins and a lot of "miscellaneous".  

Sunday, my wife got sick and 50 mph winds knocked everything down.

Tonight, I'll put it back up; tomorrow, I'll run power to the yard.

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There haven't been many changes, just some reogranization and a few minor additions.

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This year was not nearly as productive as I had hoped.  Two kids under 2 will do that.

 Next year's to-do list is below the fold.

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Here's my to-do list for next year.  It's not going to be of any interest to anybody but me.

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We had 73 kids this year.  The temperature was still too low for the foggers, but at least we kept sound.  The CD player was in the house with the speakers run outside.  Other sound was provided by MP3 players.

More than half of the TOTs came before full dark, so there was [...]

Her arms hide it from the front, but she does look feminine in person. 

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She's so pretty. 

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His shoulders are a bit too 'boxy', but overall, I'm happy. 

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Lesson learned:  When you create an animated monster mud prop, always leave yourself an access panel to re-set the gears and reattach the wires.  Storage plays hell with wooden gears.

Pics below the fold. 

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