Day 1: Foyer and Theme Announcement

It's day one of Halloween decorating on Turtle Creek Lane! Jen, Kimmy and Stevie Kate are dressed to match for the occasion in Pretend I'm a Ghost shirts. Even Jr is coordinating by default in his everyday uniform of black and white. Jen is giddy with excitement that another storm rolled through yesterday and caused so much damage while she was at the lake, because there will be so many fallen “Halloween” trees around Dallas she can grab for her display. She put on her best feather-trimmed cropped jeans to celebrate!

Meet the Dream Team Jen has assembled to help her!

Kimmy, the least creative person, tasked by her mother-in-law with the most repetitive and mind-numbing chore, adhering hundreds of old dirty black and white tiles to the foyer floor in a checkerboard pattern. It's amazing she didn't pull out her raggedy spider lashes in frustration by the end of the day.

Junior, who carries heavy stuff, films for Instagram, and blocks followers.

Stevie Kate, the prop baby.

Abigail, the prop babysitter and photographer.

Diana, the resting bitch faced decorator.

Carter, the new-to-us friend of the Turtles who’s wrapping balls in cellophane to create candy that looks like... balls wrapped in plastic.

Today's decorating focus is on the foyer, where the theme is Trick or Treat. Good thing Jen told us the theme up front, because it's confusing so far with the white Christmas garland, Candyland candy, and summer vibes being given off by the beach balls and pool noodles on the banister. Hopefully Kimmy will sacrifice her spider lashes to add to the display, because it's not giving us Halloween so far.

Jen and Kimmy both filmed stories while running down the staircase, but the Safety Violation of the Day Award goes to Diana, who perched precariously on a ladder, decorating with one hand and holding Stevie Kate with the other. Thank you to the eagle eyed time-lapse detective u/doodlebobx2 for this find.

And the 2022 theme is... drumroll please... Fam-O-Ween. Each family member gets to choose a theme for a different room of the house and help decorate! Except for Tanner and Katie who want nothing to do with Fail-O-Ween! Can we guess the theme for each person’s room based on the clues in the reel? Tiffany the princess and her spineless pet Adam… Sam the knife throwing ninja… Jr “I want to move to the UK and be Harry Potter”… Jen the psycho decorating clown… McKenna Kate’s theme I guess is just fall. And Stevie Kate’s is have a ball eating bananas until you turn into a round pumpkin from all the sugar?