It would be an understatement to say that our lives have been a *little* crazy the last two October's (click here to see what we were up to in 2009 and here for 2010). Life feels a lot more manageable these days, so I definitely wanted us to carve a pumpkin this Halloween. My mom was flying back to North Dakota this morning, so we took the opportunity before her flight to carve Zoe & Silas' first jack-o-lantern!
First we had to come up with the vision and draw on the face,
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Next we rolled up our sleeves,
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And laid down newspaper.
Daddy got to carving while the kids watched,
First we had to come up with the vision and draw on the face,
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Next we rolled up our sleeves,
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And laid down newspaper.
Derek put the kids to work pulling out the seeds.
Daddy got to carving while the kids watched,
And lickety-split, it was time to check out the finished product!
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Look, Gwa-wa!!! |
We got cozy last night and lit up the pumpkin. Silas loved that part, and this morning asked "punkin on, punkin on".
We're also enjoying a refrigerator decorated with the last two art projects from our Sticky Fingers class.
It definitely feels like Halloween's that I remember in North Dakota as a kid - we got snow last night! We did lose power in the middle of the night. Because I sleep with a fan and am used to the sound of the baby monitor in the background, I woke up as soon as the house went quiet. Derek was at work so I went into high alert mommy mode. As I walked up to the kids' room to check on them (they sleep with a sound machine so I figured they woke up as well), all I heard was Silas say "uh-oh"... Other than that they were completely quiet, and I laid awake for 3 hours until it came back on. Derek got home at 7am and took the baby monitor - both the kids & I slept until 8am!
HAPPY NIGHT BEFORE
HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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