Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Carving hearts!

As we carved the pumpkins, I realized that something about the inside of a pumpkin scares little kids. My children pick up worms, play with beetles, chase down spiders and squash them, but putting their hands in the middle of a pumkin completely terrifies them! Hannah is past that now, even though her first two years carving pumkpins was difficult to get her hand in there. This year, I physically had to force Elayna's hand into her pumkpin. After much screaming and hesitation, she finally put it in. I was able to convince her to pull out all the loosened guts. Looking at the pictures you can see her anxiety...oh well, if it doesn't kill you, it only makes you stronger!

Once the pumkins were gutted, Elayna decided she wanted to have a heart nose. After carving a somewhat successful upside down heart, Ed had to show me up and carve some fancy heart eyes and nose for Hannah's pumpkin! :) Oh well, both girls were happy with their pumpkins, and that is all that matters! Another hectic, yet enjoyable Halloween!
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Halloween Party

Hannah was invited to her first Halloween Party this year! She was entirely overwhelmed with all there was to do! With all the kids, Elayna and I decided to stay and help out. There was decorating pumpkin contests, bean bag tosses, scratch creations, pizza, candy, and my favorite...no-hand-donut-eating contest! Watching the donut hit Elayna in the eye was hysterical (I know, I shouldn't laugh). Hannah also got some donut up her nose! LOVED IT! By the time it was over, my kids were EXHAUSTED! Lots of fun, good times.
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Transformation!

So, cheap mom didn't want to buy a blonde wig for Hannah for Halloween, so to make up for it, I told her I would make her hair equivalent to Cinderella's, but in the red-headed version! Ironically, it only took me thirty minutes to put her hair up in a flipped over bun with ringlettes down the back and around her face. I then smashed her crown together to fit the bun and TA-DA Princess Cinderella was created! The key piece to the costume was the glass slippers (thank you Wal-Mart), completely sparkly silver glitter with a bow...what more could a little girl want!
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BOO at the Zoo!

This year, we took the kids to Boo at the Zoo on opening night. The girls are big into the princess scene right now. Hannah was a very dazzling Cinderella, while Elayna was quite a cute Rapunzel. While there, we ran across Lilly at the childrens zoo. Ironically, she was also a dazzling princess! I gave them the whole first hour to trick-or-treat around the zoo before I made them pose for a couple pictures. Hannah has the timing completely off and I caught her glancing away...or dodging the camera! None-the-less, they were cute!
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Pumpkin Patch

This year, Elayna was able to pick out her own pumpkin at the pumpkin patch! She enjoyed running through the pumpkins and quite liked the large ones, but decided that the best pumpkins were the size of oranges. It took some convincing to get her to choose a pumpkin that is carvable.
Hannah on the other hand is a true pumpkin picking pro. No green, no white, no holes, not too tall, not too short, no cave-ins, can we say OCD!!! Finally she ended up with the most perfect pumpkin!
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