It's pumpkin time! Unfortunately, we ran out of time (weather related and activity related) and couldn't do a pumpkin patch and hayride this year. Thank goodness the kids are so laid back and haven't even mentioned it. We had to send in a small pumpkin to school and the kids did a great project weighing, measuring, estimating the seed count, hypothesizing if the pumpkins would float or sink, tasting and even filling them with potting soil and seeing if the would grow any new pumpkins. School is so cool. A few days later, they brought them home and Mary promptly painted a face on hers and named her Rose. I'm proud to announce that Rose is a mommy and has about 4 seedlings popping up!
Girl Scouts netted us another pumpkin and this one they wrapped in gauze and decorated as mummies. Super cute!
Another pumpkin project at school involved the kindergartners pairing up with the second graders to pick out a pumpkin then cut out face pieces from magazines and glue them on. Mary's looked a bit creepy...like Suzanne Somers and Weird Al Yankovic had a kid. Good thing the glue didn't hold and the nose fell off...quickly followed by the eyes and the scary grin.
So long story short, we now had a pumpkin to carve.
Mary was so excited. Adam decided it was too slimy and gooey and he wanted no part in the action...except to make crazy faces. (What is it with their tongues today?)
Mary had a fun time naming the new family members. From left to right - Toot (because apparently he has a flatulence problem), Rummy Dummy the Mummy (I mentioned that Dummy was kinda mean and I literally saw her roll her eyes as she said, "Mom, it's a
pumpkin. It doesn't have feelings." So Dummy it is.), Mellow Yellow and of course, Rose.
Hopefully, Hurricane Sandy will give us a break and it won't be raining on Halloween night. Have a Spooktacular Weekend!
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