Melanie and her three little guys came over today and we had ourselves a wee little Autumn Fest. We carved pumpkins and roasted pumpkin seeds. We raked the leaves into piles and buried the kids. And of course, we turned a pumpkin into some really yummy mini pumpkin pies. Caleb was super excited to carve his first teeny-tiny pumpkin. When we finished I stuck a battery-operated tealight inside it and he carried it around the house all afternoon (even though he was a little disappointed I didn't give his jack-o-lantern a nose--whoops!) Jericho and Justus loved their pumpkins too and toted them all over the house as well. Denver worked especially hard to clean out his pumpkin and then worked even harder to help Hunter clean out his pumpkin. Hunter spent a good 45 minutes transferring his template onto his pumpkin and I spent another 45 minutes carving it out for him (and doing a little nose job since the original nose fell off.) Noah worked really hard on his haunted house themed jack-o-lantern but got frustrated and left it half done. So, I'll have to finish it up later. Mark has yet to do his, but I'm sure it will get done before midnight tomorrow night. Right, Darling? Right? Anyway, I'm exhausted. I never knew you could cram so many Fall Festivities into one day. But somehow we did and it was great fun! Thanks for coming Me-Me!
Sounds like a great day of FUN! The results look really good...the nose on the skeleton is awesome! I just want to say HAPPY HALLOWEEN! I dressed up like Captain Cobweb hwo had cobwebs all around his neck and werewolf hands squishing a rubbery skull with bloody eyes. thanks so much for the Care Package...I put it to good use. It's nice to know when you're being thought of. All Y'all are awesome. Take care, Cousin Daniel
That looks like great fun! Tonight we are supposed to carve our pumpkin before trick or treating... I don't know if I will get to it or not... once again, you are the better mother...
