Jack is Back!

Part of the Howl-O-Scream fun is the show they perform a few times a night called Jack is Back. The back story is about how people centuries ago would carve jack-o-lanterns to scare away evil spirits. Well, Jack is not scared, and he's here to party. The show starts off pretty scary with Jack talking in an scary voice, then there's an explosion from one of the rooftops where he comes from. There's scarecrows on stilts that come out. It's pretty scary for a lot of the kids and many don't like it. But, after Jack comes out, he starts playing fun songs that everyone (including the scarecrows) dance to. Melody LOVED Jack! She kept asking to see the show, and would sit on our shoulders and dance her little heart out. We must have seen the show at least 6 times!

The picture's a little blurry, but there's a lot of lights and pumpkins around when Jack comes out.

Melody's watching and dancing!

Look! Here's Jack! I can make a face just like him!

I love running around with my pumpkin necklace!

The other show was Monster Stomp. It's like regular stomp, but the characters are all dressed up and spooky. The music in this one was really loud, so I thought she might be a little scared, but she wasn't! She asked to see this one a couple of times too. At one point Melody got all excited because she has a shaker like the characters do. As soon as we got home all she wanted to do was play Monster Stomp. So the whole family has to grab a stick or a shaker and stomp around the house making music. Ahhh, the fun things we do in our house!

Now, I've mentioned before that I'm a pansy and get scared really easily. There's one section of Busch Gardens that they call Werefolf Alley. During the day, there are stuffed werewolves all around hiding behind trees, crawling through the woods, etc. Well, at night, they change the stuffed ones for real people, and their job is to scare the pants off everyone walking by. I'm an easy target, but a lot of screams can be heard there because they really catch people off guard. Whenever we had to walk thorugh this section, I tried myself to be brave, but I didn't want Melody to be scared. The staff really try to not scare the kids, but sometimes they can't help it. Well, Melly would go up to the werewolves, and scream at them to scare them away, and then laugh! At one point she yelled at one of them, "Don't scare my Mommy!"