pumpkin carving 09

Love this time of year when the air gets crisp, the grass gets "crunchy", the Fall flavored coffee creamers return to the shelves and it's time to CARVE PUMPKINS! We don't really do much of the Halloween celebrations but we love the pumpkin carving. This is our 3rd year to drill holes in little pumpkins and let the boys go to town with their Mr. Potato Head pieces, works great and I don't have to worry about knives flying every which way!

Parker always chooses the fireman with his fav #... 5.

This is our 3-sided pumpkin! Spiderman in honor of Uncle Teag, only it didn't turn out as we expected. Larry Boy's side was the best effort. And, the last side is the boys' contribution using our pumpkin stamps.

And, here's our sissy who never once cared what mess was being made because she had a pumpkin "purse" to fill with Potato Head pieces!

THEN, our science teacher dad brought home leftover dry ice from his day's experiments. And, that created tons of wide eyes, oohs/ahhs and giggles from our kiddos. Gotta love Noah's pirate pumpkin!

Adding dish soap makes it even more fun!

Savannah finally joining in on some of the fun!

My final attempt to get the pumpkin glowing and see our kids faces... I got the glowing pumpkin and you can kind-of see the kiddos. What fun!

Now, I can't wait to roast the pumpkin seeds after they marinate in salt water and olive oil all night! mmm mmmmm

pseudo football fan

this one's for you, Chantel! Thanks for the cutest girl Seahawks jersey. I don't think I've ever seen a pink one but it suits our li'l gal! She has worn it quite a few times this football season and she always gets tonz of comments from others! And, Kep loves seeing Savannah in his team's jersey.

fall FUN!

Fall leaves provide endless hours of fun in our yard. This year, they have been especially fun because we have had a forever LONG Fall. It's October and we still have 50s and 60s- unheard of... we are enjoying every minute of it before the white stuff takes its place!

Savannah does her fair share of raking while she observes the boys making their own crazy fun.

Oh to be young, weigh barely anything and have a little body that can take tumbles and falls without aching the next day! I'll choose to watch, laugh and take pix, instead!

I LOVE Savannah's look of shock/disgust as Noah heads in face first- she is ALL girl!

One afternoon big brother was gone running errands with dad and the younger 2 and I had such a great time tossing leaves at eachother. Sissy is in short sleeves in October! CRAZiness!