How have you grown over the years?

I'm only going to pick one small part of my yard to show, but this has basically been my progression. I'd either love to see people's pictorial or hear their verbal progression, what ever they want to show. How they've grown in their Halloween decorating over the time they've put in.

For me to start off with, when my kids were small, even though Halloween has always been a big holiday in our house, I lovingly hand made any costume to their hearts desire .. I however kept things more fall oriented and little kid happy. Stuff that could bring me right through the fall season. I was a busy mom to three little girls close in age.

This is Bobblehead bill so named by my kids, a friendly, happy, gentleman farmer type of scarecrow. He stuck around a few falls, always with a new set of thrift store duds for the season.







As the girls got older and their love of a more spooky halloween set in, they went from being pretty fairies, to ghouls. I adapted, but still couldn't let go of my pretty flowers that could be unwrapped from webbing and live on for the rest of the season. Wait .. I did add in spiders and pumpkins after all.








Then as they got to old to Tot anymore, we took the big jump, shall we say. Same area different view. I even ditched the flowers!







Now this year inspired by all of the wonderful sentinels I've seen, you all have coaxed me to the next level. We are coming full circle with a scarecrow in that area again. This one a bit more wicked and scary than Bill. He's yet to be constructed, his head is on the way. But with a nod to these guys and all the wonderful pumpkin sentinels I've seen. The girls are super excited to help bring this new brute to life.