Favorite Things: Inflatable Holiday Decor

I first posted on our neighbors' inflatable holiday decorations back in '08 here.  I just re-read the post and almost welled up with tears looking at that first picture of little Yakkers trekking on his Big Wheel bike to go see the Inflatable Turkey set up for Thanksgiving.  He looks so little!  We've really done a lot of growing in this place - both literally and figuratively.  Yaks was only seven months old and now he's three-and-a-half!  

Lest you think that we are now "too mature" for such childish things as inflatable holiday decor, think again!  It still holds as much magic and excitement for Boo and Yaks as it did the first day they discovered it.  They continue to gasp and scream when we drive past it and tell us what they see and exclaim whether it's awake or asleep.  It's magical.  Here is what it looked like just yesterday:  

That's Scooby Doo up there on the roof and he's dressed up for Halloween!  He's got a purple mask and cape and is ready to do some serious trick-or-treating for Scooby Snacks.  Down on the lawn there is a cat, who sometimes doesn't inflate all the way.  The kids still declare that an deflated ornament is simply "sleeping".  Very well.  I can't believe I cut the enormous snow globe with flying bats out of the picture!  It's off to the left there.  I love it.  It's tacky, but I LOVE it, and I'll miss it.  How else are we gonna know what holiday is coming?  I guess we'll have to just use a boring calendar.  :)