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Halloween 2011

Janie — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:54:09 +0000

As usual, Halloween was even more fun this year. Samantha ran up to each door with great gusto and yelled as loud as she could “Trick or Treat!” Unfortunately, she never rang the doorbell first. When the door was finally opened, she forgot her manners when a bowl of candy was in front of her! Ellie rode on Daddy’s shoulders, so didn’t get into it a lot and was still tuckered out by the end of the night. It was also Brian’s first time at true Trick or Treating and I think he enjoyed it too!

Samantha painted a pumpkin again this year, and it looks almost exactly like last year’s.

And as usual, I carved my pumpkin.

And our little ghouls were Wonder Woman and a lady bug.

Pumpkin Patch 2011

Janie — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:34:23 +0000

Naturally, we headed down to the Grand Ole Pumpkin Patch this year for some pumpkin patch fun. It took longer to get down there than expected, so our actual time at the patch was a little short. But, we still had a great time scouting out our pumpkins. Samantha and I walked the whole place looking for the perfect pumpkin, while Ellie was content with a graham cracker in her hand.

Hm. Which one?

(This was originally posted a while ago, but got partially lost in the hard drive crash. I’m just getting around to fixing and reposting.)

Party at the Lake

Janie — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:10:55 +0000

My granddad’s 80th birthday party was at the Lake this year. It was lots of food, family, and great weather. Even though the day started out with a major mishap involving a blueberry pie, I think all the evidence has been cleaned up by now.

And check out this great picture from Lizzie’s blog. Boy, Sam sure does love pumpkins. I guess it’s good that she’s an October baby.

Pumpkin Patch 2010

Janie — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 02:45:31 +0000

We headed down to the Pumpkin Patch on Saturday. What a beautiful day! It got rather warm if you were in the sun, but that was remedied by a cold treat in the shade.

Samantha wasn’t thrilled to go on a hayride, but you have to to get back to the big pumpkin fields. (We were towed by a big noisy tractor!)

Ellie didn’t seem to mind.

Once we got there, Sam was in search for a little pumpkin. I think she was trying to find one that she could carry because she would pick one up randomly then decide it was too big or too heavy! We got the smallest one that we could find, but it’s still a mostly normal size pumpkin. I guess she was thinking she could find something like we have as decorations all over the house.

(Brian, why didn’t you tell me that Ellie had a tail?! I would have fixed that!)

We skipped out on the hay maze, but maybe we’ll try it next year. This was the first year we tried the jumpy things. I knew she would have a blast. She mostly played in the big pumpkin, but went down the Sabertooth Tiger slide once!

Samantha and I had shaved ice as a treat. Hers was blueberry and bright blue! Here she is trying to do “silly eyes.”

(Ellie isn’t doing it right either…)

We had a great time. We saw several families that we knew, so I guess it was the weekend for picking out your pumpkin! Now it’s time to research how I’m going to carve my pumpkin.

Pumpkin Carving 2009

Janie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:25:36 +0000

I carved my pumpkin the day before Halloween. I think it turned out pretty good and I got lots of compliments from the parents as kids came to trick-or-treat at our house.

October Wrap Up

Janie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:52:25 +0000

So many pictures, so little time!

Samantha turned two last weekend! We had a great party – thanks to all who came to help us celebrate her birthday and my granddad’s birthday. Check out the pictures.

We also went to the Grand Old Pumpkin Patch on Sunday. Finally! We’ve been wanting to get out there, but the weather or our schedule has not cooperated. Pictures aren’t up just yet, but they will be soon.

I made some Spiced Cider last night. Yum. I think I just need to carry it around with me wherever I go.

Ramblings in October

Janie — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:15:09 +0000

I have a new niece! Penelope (orginially undecided, I have yet to hear the final verdict on middle name) Burns was born on Tuesday, 10/6. Happy Birthday Penny! I know your big brothers will love having you around!

A while ago, I went to our new Joann Fabrics. oh. my. gosh. Some serious fabric in that place. You take a number when you first walk in and maybe, by the time you’re ready to leave, someone will call it so you can get your fabric cut. I wanted to buy some fabric to make Samantha a tutu. I thought she would enjoy playing with it. I ended up making one for her and one for her friend, Sydney. Sam has yet to put it on. She hides in the corner when I ask her if she wants to wear it. But, she does the same thing with her ladybug Halloween costume. The ladybug costume has been out for about 2-3 weeks now, and she won’t have anything to do with it. I figured she would be reluctant with it, which is why I got it out so early. That girl of mine doesn’t like change. She is seriously routine-oriented. Anyway, Joann Fabrics was awesome.

We were going to try to head to a Pumpkin Patch this weekend. However, the weather doesn’t look promising.

It’s hard to believe that Samantha’s birthday is coming up! She’ll be two next week! What a silly girl she is. She makes me laugh.