Mary riding the cow train. Derrick didn't want to - he still hasn't gotten over the merry-go-round at the county fair.
Mary all bundled up.
Mary all bundled up.
Derrick all bundled up. He didn't want to let go of his pumpkin after he picked it :)
Mary pointing to which pumpkin she wanted. They were still attached to the vine, so a worker had to come cut it for her.
Mary holding one of the carrots they passed around and learned about.
Second, is Aunt Ara coming to visit. Ara loves Halloween and called one night to see if she could come visit. She wanted the kids to open the door. Which ended up not being the best idea. I wish this picture was clearer, but we didn't have the opportunity to take more because we were comforting Derrick who was hysterical and inconsolable over the witch. Mary was pretty scared too until I took her outside and showed her Ara's big red truck (which she is famous for). Then Mary wasn't so apprehensive. Ara gave them Halloween pencils, and Mary told Derrick that Ara was a good witch because she gave them a pencil. Derrick didn't calm down until after Ara left. Poor Derrick.
Third, carving pumpkins for various family nights. We ended up with eleven pumpkins this year. Grandma George grew her own, Grandpa Waite came home with some and we got more at the Black Island Farm - so we carved lots of pumpkins. Above is Danny's first - for Derrick.
This is the first pumpkin I carved for Mary. She wanted a frowny face. She wasn't in the best of moods, and tired too. I think it turned out more scary than frowny.This is my pumpkin that I decided to try after I saw how Danny's pumpkin turned out using the stencil.
This is Grandpa Waite's pumpkin. It has a uvula - hahaha.
Danny's stencil pumpkin - Mary wanted him to do the cat. I did the happy pumpkin, hoping to balance out the sinister one :)
2 comments:
Yay for new posts! Make Allen stop growing! I'll be in Utah in January and expect him to still kind of be a baby.
Cute pictures! The pumpkins done with the stencil are pretty cool too. And that preschool Halloween party looked really fun! I agree with Sarah, Yay for new posts!
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