Well, November is here. Dark and rainy as ever. That means that Halloween has come and gone, and you know we had some fun with that!
We picked up 130 pounds of pumpkins on our trip to the pumpkin patch with my brother and his fam a couple of weeks ago. What? Is that a lot?
It's a good thing we brought Uncle Jacob to pull the wagon!!
Robbie has been working like crazy (we're talkin' 11 shifts in 7 days!) but he finally had some time off this weekend so that we could carve our pumpkins and other Halloween festivities.
Apparently the only way he could clean out his pumpkin was to get up onto the table and get elbow deep into it...
The kids thought it would be fun to carve their own pumpkins. We thought that two 5-year-olds with knives probably wasn't the best plan. Instead, we had them draw their faces so Daddy could make their visions a reality.
Ta-da!!
The next day we got to work on Steve. You know, our scarecrow. And of course, that involved a hay fight...
Eventually, Steve was finished, so he headed out to the road...
Come Halloween morning it was ghosts and mummies and ghost poop for breakfast!
I got to be a mom for a little bit and go to their Halloween party at school which made a certain little boy pretty happy
At the end of the party, their teacher said that the kids could go home with us early. I had one kid who couldn't out of there fast enough and one who was not willing to leave school a minute early. Any guesses on which was which?
For dinner it was a reprise of last year's Halloween feast, as requested. If it ain't broken don't fix it right??? So brains and eyeballs with a side of snake eyes it was!
Oh, and dirt and worms for dessert!
After dinner we were ready to hit the streets.
And I'm not gonna lie, I was a little impressed with myself in the costume department.
Especially the little critters on her nightgown...
If only people knew about "The Napping House" it would have been perfect. Thanks goodness for our neighbor the kindergarten teacher. And for Ben who explained her costume at every other house.
At the end of the night we, I mean they, had made quite a haul!
I think Abby summed it up perfectly when she said, "Mom, I like holiday days the best...because we always get candy and presents." Happy Halloween!!
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