Halloween Part II - Pumpkin Carving!

So this was our first year to make a jack-o-lantern. I can't even tell you how many years it's been since I've made one, but when you have a 3 year old, it's mandatory.

Noah was a little worried about that big knife.

And grossed out by the nastiness inside.

But the pumpkin seeds were kind of cool.

Max watched from a safe distance. He was worried about the knife, too.

Starting the masterpiece...

with some help from a little artiste.

So cool!

The finished product.

Test run!

Awesome job!

More pictures here. :)

Halloween Part III coming tomorrow!

Halloween Part I - Pumpkin Farm!

Yeah, yeah, I know. Can I pay someone to update my blog for me?

A few weeks before Halloween we headed to the Big Orange Pumpkin Patch. It's a really neat little place and they have cheap hot dogs, which is a huge plus for me.

First, we fed some animals. At least we tried. It looks like most of them had been eating for about 4 solid hours when we got there, so they weren't too interested. The longhorn stood smack dab in the middle of his pen so that no one could come anywhere near him. He was SO over it.

There was a bounce house...

and a giant inflatable slide!

It was a total ripoff. Noah loved it. So we paid.

Then we climbed aboard the hayride.

Our friends Penny & James were also there with their son, Matthew.

Here Penny is giving me a WTF do you want? smile.

We saw haybales shaped like giant spiders...

and pigs!

Then we headed over to the pumpkin patch.

But not without checking out Collin County's Longest Goat Bridge first, of course.

Here is Noah with his cousins Chandler & Rainey.

And here is the picture Noah took of us. He has quite an eye, no?

We had lots of fun! You can see all of the pictures here.

Stay tuned for Halloween Part II - Pumpkin Carving!

Halloween! This was Noah's second Halloween, but his first one for Trick or Treating. We just went to the houses on our little section of the street (11 houses). He walked up to each door and said Trick or Treat (Mommy helped him a bit, of course) and put the candy into his pumpkin basket. He had no clue what was going on, but seemed to have a good time.

After Trick or Treating we hung out at the house and handed out candy to the other kids. Four of Noah's grandparents (my parents and Trevor's parents) came up to see him, which was fun. We had a ton of kids come by. The house across the street had a huge Halloween display, as always. It was really fantastic.

Here is Noah, dressed as a golfer. His dad picked out the costume - surprise!

Helping dad hand out candy. Me & Mom at the house across the street. I didn't know that I was supposed to be scared.
Dad's already trying to train me. Here I am with his new golf club.
Hanging out on the front stoop...just about ready to head to bed. It was a fun night!

On Saturday we went to the Pumpkin Patch at Bill Gates Ranch up in Celina. They have goats, cows and sheep that you can feed, but I wouldn't recommend it with a 1 year old who wants to touch everything and then put his hands in his mouth. Thank god for baby wipes and hand sanitizer. Unfortunately, we didn't get any good 'pumpkin patch' pictures because Noah is completely uninterested in looking at the camera. Ever. But we had a good time and managed to get out of there before it got too busy or too hot. :)