Jack-O-Lanterns

We carved pumpkins last night. We didn't grow as many BIG pumpkins this year (I must have bought the wrong seeds!), but we did find one or two decent sized ones at the pumpkin patch. We have lots of little ones, though.

True to form, Wyatt was very focused on the task...we had to start before Matthew even got home from work! He really wanted to help with the carving, and I think Matthew did let him do a little bit...and then he really wanted to use the lighter to light the candles...hmmm...he's such a boy! He did a great job of cleaning out the pumpkin, too!

Annabelle, as you will notice, wasn't that interested...she liked the crayon to draw on the pumpkin, she thought the little saws and knives were neat, but when it came time to clean out the gooey stuff, she got distracted. I think she scooped out 4 seeds with the little scooper, and then was done. You also might notice the costume changes. She went inside, was gone for a while, and then reappeared with a different 'gown' on! Then she was very happy stacking the candles, etc. She wasn't interested, but she can entertain herself really well!!!

Snacking on some peanuts while waiting for Papa to get home!

Gettin' in there and gettin' it done!

Notice how she's making sure to not really touch anything with her flesh!

Cotume change!

First one is done!


Papa carving Wyatt's scary pumpkin!


Of course, I chose a challenging design to carve...this is me pretty much being over it!

Stacking the candles (I can't get them in the right order, but you get it...)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

The Blue Angels!

Given that Wyatt now wants to be an astronaut, and Matthew told him he'd have to learn to be a "jet fighter" pilot first, I thought it would be appropriate to take him to see the amazing Blue Angels that were here for Fleet Week (this was a couple of weeks ago).


The kids enjoyed and the weather was beautiful!


It's LOUD!!!


Cool Airplanes


The view was even better from up high!


Gettin' a little bored with it all...

Annual Visit to the Pumpkin Patch

We made th "trek" out to the Clayton Valley Pumpkin Patch on Friday. I thought we were going somewhere different than we have been in the past years, but guess what?! It's the same place we went last year!!! Geez, my memory (or lack thereof) scares me!

We brought our friend Charlie Hogan with us. The kids had a blast making their way through the corn tunnel, playing in the dried lima beans, and running around all of the pumpkins. It was a beautiful day, as you can see...

Bean bag toss...on the verge of cheating?


In the hay tunnel (I don't know how to get the picture rotated!)


Pumpkin Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatch! (Annabelle was too unsure of being up there to do anything but grimace!



Impossible to get them all to look at me at the same time!


Little jokers...

Getting a feel of the lima beans

Lima bean angel!




In the play house




Basketballs down the shoot! They had fun trying to get them all going down at once!




JUMP! (he's still working on the vertical part of jumping...)