Fun was had by all...eventually

So Princess has been asking for several weeks to have some friends over for a small Halloween party. And after last year's gigantic one where it looked like a concert had let out when parents picked their kids up afterwards, a small party sounded a-ok to me.

So after a long day of work for both the Daddy guy and the Momma, we come home to eight children in the house...six of which are teenage girls. The volume level was at a maximum by the time the pizzas were delivered. So we load them full of pizza, soda, and candy. What to do after that? Load them into two vehicles and head to the "Haunted Jail" in hopes of scaring the shit out of them.

I got all the girls in the van ride (I think I lost a bet somehow) and Frank had the two boys. A van of six teenage girls versus two preteen boys? Frank, you owe me! lol

Anyway, by the time we hit the parking lot of the place, the girls are all riled up and a few were on the verge of quitting. So we stand in what we thought was the line for tickets for like five minutes before the front door of the place opens up and a friendly face pokes out and says "If you are here for the Haunted Jail, come on up." Duh! So in we went. The Daddy guy paid for all the tickets and even bought the kids (plus himself) glownecklaces. Then we stood in the little waiting room with dim lights as they played a documentary of what the jail is all about...just enough to scare the crap out of us again!

So the Daddy guy and I each had to go in with one of the boys since anybody under the age of 13 has to be with an adult. We get split up from the girls and sent in ahead of them. The first part, you are put into a jail cell and the door shut behind you.

Bear and I head into one cell and Frank and DJ into the one across the way. The famous murderer is "Killjoy". As Bear and I are shut into our cell the creepy guy who escorted us in says "Cell number seven, the home of Killjoy." Oh super! We huddle in the cell against the far wall so we can keep an eye on the door. Some creepy ass noises go off and then the strobe effect starts and we notice that the back of the cell is not a solid door like the front but metal bars...and there is a dude with a mask and jailbird outfit creeping around behind them. Bear and I wiggle our way back to the front of the cell and into the corner. He starts to whimper that he doesn't want to be there anymore and wants to leave. I try to comfort him and tell him it will be ok and then Killjoy starts howling "I want the boy, it's not ok. Get out of me home. I want the boy."

This sends Bear into full panic mode and he's trying to get inside the corner of the cell, like literally in the wall to escape the murderer. Killjoy wanders away from the back and we can't see him anymore and figure we are safe. So I hug Bear and tell him it's all ok, it's just pretend...and all of a sudded...the front door opens and Killjoy is face to face with Bear howling in a very ominous voice "It's not ok. I want the boy. Come here boy. This is my home boy. It's not ok. I want the boy." Over and over. I comfort Bear the whole time and keep one eye on Killjoy. Poor Bear was petrified! I think the actor knew it and so he slid out of the cell. As I comfort him and tell him it's ok, from across the hallway I hear a little voice say "Wassup?" I tell ya, I thought DJ had balls of steel for saying that to the person as they came into his cell to scare his ass.

Then we are all asked to exit our cells after a few more minutes of terrifying noises and the creepy Killjoy wandering behind the metal bars. I tell ya, Bear and I thought it was a joke! So we stayed put. We knew Killjoy was just in the hallway and there was no way we were walking out into his trap. Then we heard the other cells open and the guide tell people to please shut their doors behind them so we could continue to the upstairs attic. Must be safe! So we crept out and noticed that all was good. We exited into another little hallway area before being escorted upstairs...and thank goodness for that! This hallway was the safe haven for DJ and Bear, they both said they were NOT going any further! So I took the brave ones outside while the Daddy guy continued on with his fright fest.

While waiting outside we discovered that DJ had actually had his eyes covered pretty much the whole time!

After Frank came out, we waited for the girls to exit. I was positive one of them was going to atleast bail after the first part. But they all toughed it out and went thru the whole thing. They came out...laughing! The excitement of it all had all of us talking about our experience for the next hour. Seems the girls were scared pretty good, but chose to act tough and turn it into fun and laugh at it.

There was so much fun had, I'm sure we will do it again next year...I think.