On Friday the whole family attended the harvest party at Kathleen's preschool. While John David ran around like the little monster he was costumed to be, the girls took part in all the fun the party offered.
There was crafting with friends...
And face-painting...
Though, as you can see, Madeline elected to have the face-painting done on her arm. (Kathleen didn't want any part of it whatsoever.) Surprisingly, she chose a black, glittery bat.
From face/arm painting, the girls moved onto painting pumpkins. And glittering them. They are powerless to resist glitter in any form.
I tried to be calm about painting in Halloween costumes two days before Halloween. By the grace of God and a pile of wipes, the costumes were unscathed. (Well, the girls' costumes, anyway. John David got his hand in some white paint and smeared it down his leg. Fortunately, his costume is easily washed!) There were all sorts of other activities, too -- bounce houses and cookie decorating and treasure-hunting. After the party we snuck in a quick flu shot for Kathleen at the pediatrician's office, but then we finished off our big, festive morning with a treat lunch near Daddy's school.
And in case that wasn't enough fun for one day, that evening we walked over to yet another party, this one for our little military community.
(Notice that I did finally pull my act together and dress the girls in long-sleeved shirts and tights...)
Today we (watched football, obviously, and also) carved our pumpkins. Everyone participated.
Madeline dove right into that pumpkin. It was nearly as tall as her arm was long! Actually, maybe it was taller.
Kathleen was a great little worker. She pulled out lots and lots of seeds. Later, she and Daddy worked together to de-slime the seeds for toasting.
It was a morning at the circus, though, so there was plenty of chaos. See? (Our house totally reflected that chaos. For a while, it looked like pumpkins exploded all over our dining area!)
Of course, we're accustomed to chaos. (That might be the understatement of the century.) Work carried on, nonetheless.
Once the pumpkins were cleaned out, we talked about what we should carve into them. The girls had very distinct ideas. First, they wanted a pumpkin to say "boo." They'd gotten the idea from one of this year's favorite "Halloween" books, Too Many Pumpkins. The main character, Rebecca Estelle, carves some pumpkins with the word "boo" and the girls thought it was brilliant. (The book, by the way, is also delightful. It's not really about Halloween at all, though there is, obviously, some pumpkin carving.) Kathleen wanted the second pumpkin to be a girl. With round eyes. And a "girlie" mouth. And long hair. And a bow. We were more than a bit intimidated by her request (and her unwillingness to budge on those details), but I think we managed.
Our little people could not be more excited for Halloween! And though we'd like to meet their newest brother, we're pretty excited to be able to share all this fun with them. We'll meet that little boy sooner or later, right?
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