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Halloween 2007: Night of the Killer Raccoons




Part A: Pictures

Reilly the Renaissance Princess

Kameron as Spiderman/Venom

Ailey as a Pink Princess. My mom made this outfit for Reilly when she was Ailey's age. It's still so darn cute!!

A few nights earlier...carving the pumpkins

The finished products...they turned out really cute!!

The ghost of Halloween Past...Naomi and Kristin as "Ladies of the Evening". I am loving my side ponytail and braces. Since when do "Ladies of the Evening" wear a Tarzan style shirt and long underwear...hmmm. Do note how lovely Naomi looks dressed as a hooker in none other than my mom's aerobics outfit!! Kelley...don't you still have those pink shoes?

Part B: (Kameron said I should call it this) "The Raccoon and The Kelley!"

The terror began when I took the 2 little kids trick-or-treating at Kelley's house. As I was getting the kids out of the car I saw a large cat slink by me. I hate cats and so noted that it was a "safe" distance from me and continued to get the kids out of the car. We went up to Kelley's door. As we rang the doorbell I noticed out of the corner of my eye the large cat slinking by again. This time I peered over the edge of her porch to make sure that it was gone. To my utter terror I saw not a large cat but a gigantic raccoon! It freaked the heck out of me!! Living here in the Pacific Northwest I have had the occasional run in with racoons and they are not the cute, friendly little scamps they are portrayed to be. They are mean and nasty and vicious.

The raccoon was fat and huge...not like this innocent looking thing!

Kelley was taking her sweet time answering the door. We rang the doorbell again. I looked over the porch and it was looking at me and this time it hissed!! I began to pound on Kelley's door. "Open up!! There is gigantic raccoon out here!!" Finally she opened the door and we ran inside to safety. Kelley laughed and mocked my terror.

Kris and Kell laughing as though they haven't a care in the world even though a vicious raccoon is a foot.

After awhile I decided it was time to go. I asked Kelley to accompany us outside in case the raccoon was lurking and due to the fact that I was laden down with all kinds of treats that she was sending home with us. "Ha ha ha" Kelley laughed at me. We got to her front door and she said not to close it as she would just be running across the street. "Are you kidding me?" I asked. "What if the raccoon runs in your house?" "Oh don't be silly, Kristin!! I'm sure that raccoon is long gone!!" Famous last words.

We got across the street safely. We got the kids into their car seats. I had just sat down in the drivers seat when suddenly something streaked across the road. "SEE!!" I said. "There's the raccoon!!" Suddenly we heard a vicious snarling and caterwauling. It wasn't just one enormous raccoon but two and they were fighting! Just then both of the snarling beasts came running in our direction. Kelley screeched and jumped into the car...the driver's seat...on my lap...and slammed the door!! (Does this remind you of my mountain biking/loose dog incident...yeah me too!) Finally Kelley felt that it was safe to venture out. I had my window down and my head craning out the window trying to see where the raccoons had gone when one came at full speed in our direction. Kelley jumped into the car screaming and I, in a panic, frantically tried to roll up the window while screaming too...because you never know if a raccoon might want to jump in the car!! Hello...a dog did! The raccoon ran straight to a big tree in Kelley's yard and scampered on up...right next to her open door. The second raccoon was nowhere to be seen. Kelley was trapped...the raccoon was between her and safety and her door was wide open. To get to the door Kelley would have to pass right by the rabid raccoon laden tree. She wasn't about to do that. She asked me to go with her and I said "Heck no!!"


Kelley's creepy house with rabid raccoon tree...AND dark spooky alley where the raccoon was first spotted.

We sat in the car for quite awhile trying to figure out what to do. Finally Kelley decided to get out and look for two sticks that she could tap together to scare the raccoon away...ala "Vicky" from the Parent Trap style. None were to be found. She resorted to clapping two times in a rapid succession as she ran for her life. Did a raccoon get into her house and eat her? I don't know. Kelley...are you still alive?

P.S. WE NEED MORE COWBELL!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN