Scawy!

The title of this post is inspired by dear Nolan. Scaaaaaawy. That's how he says scary, with a LOOOOOOng drawn out middle and a quiver in his voice. Although it's early, we decided to go ahead with the Halloween preparations and carve pumkins. We took the kids to pick out their own pumpkins and the girls we super excited. They waded through mounds of pumpkins to find JUST THE RIGHT one! Nolan picked the first one he saw...just wanted to get one & take it home. Since he was still so little last year, I really wasn't sure he'd be up for the whole cleaning-out-the-guts-carving-it-out process...it takes a bit of time & patience.

But, as you can see (and par for the course with this guy) no hesitation at all, he loved it!

So, everyone chose their own design. Nolan colored his with a sharpie and Dad helped carve a face freehand. Lauren picked hers from a pattern, carefully poked the holes and carved out the wolf design. Mira drew her pattern on and cut it out, then (also par for the course) had to add BLING to hers!



Truly, there's not much better than the scent of pumpkin with candles burning the insides, lots of laughter from the kiddos and a cool fall breeze in the air. Except maybe MY personal favorite part of pumpkin carving.....

roasting and eating the seeds! Oh, and dressing up the DOGS! :)