Pumpkin Carving

One of our favorite fall activities was rushed this year, unfortunately. Blake's flight arrived Thursday afternoon in time for Carter's party prep.....then the party.....next day, school....and then just a few hours in between school and trick-or-treating to carve pumpkins.

Still had fun....but it was a quick process! I didn't even roast the seeds because we left early the next morning for the mountains. We still have several pumpkins in our flower beds, so I may just clean them out for the seeds! Nick, our friend who is a fabulous chef, brought some of his over and they were wonderful and much better than I could create. I ate all that I could and then mailed some to Caroline, too.

Jack is grossed out by anything messy, so as expected....he was very cautious this year!

Lainey has no fears and dug right in.







She must have tried to eat the pumpkin a dozen times....each time tasting awful....but that didn't prevent her from trying again!





Our little artist.



Blake designs a choo-choo train for Jack.



More pumpkin eating! Nope, still not good.

Indiana and his pumpkin.

And, the choo choo.

Elf On The Shelf

The little product that could from last year has gone big time. Order yours now!!!!!

We are so particular with our own Christmas traditions, but I absolutely loved adding this one. I can only imagine how many sales they will manage this season based on word-of-mouth recommendations. Have never heard a negative reaction. And, I'm so impressed they did not raise their prices.

Check out the post of our kiddos receiving theirs last year. The packaging is precious, the elf itself, the story behind it. I highly recommend getting one if you don't have it already. But, do so quickly. He "appears" just after Thanksgiving to keep an eye on little ones for Santa.

Wondering if I could purchase a whole team of elves this year to watch our bunch? Jack, alone, could use a few taking account of his "naughty" and "nice" behavior.

Website here.

Friends On Halloween

We were lucky enough to meet up with most of our friends in the neighborhood for trick-or-treating. Here are the DeCoccos.....we're all present except for Carter, who got cut out of the bottom of the picture. We'll try again soon!

Bush Is A Good Man

Read the entire article before you think I'm totally insane. Yes, there were mistakes, but I agree with the author.

Shannon, comments have been closed to you. Just kidding! Kinda.

Ski Trip Highlights

Too exhausted to go through pictures, sort, and prepare posts. So, here are some favorites thus far. Had a great time!

Blake and Jack are there on the mountain coming down. Difficult to tell, but they're there!

First time skiing.

At the top of the first lift.

Lainey bug.

After Jack's first run!

Wipe out.

Our little snowboarder. I wish I were even close to this cool at age 7!

He is so good!