Pumpkin Carving at the Shumway House!

We even carved a watermelon and an acorn squash.

Check out these moves!! She can be hired for choreography if anyone is interested. (Be sure to mute the background blog music first!)

Trick or Treat Ready!

Fall Weather

I took this picture out my back window, love this kind of weather!

Let the sewing frenzy begin!!

halloween sewing has comenced. Actually, at this time of posting, I have just finished all three of my kids costumes! I know, I'm amazing. But, I don't have pictures yet, just my starting pictures. This years challenge came in the form of Aerica drawing her own design. She wants to be a devil, a cute sassy devil. So, with no pattern I had to dig deep. It turned out great, Aerica deserves some design credit too. I also did Cy's without a pattern. I don't know what I was thinking, but I think it turned out ok, I will post pictures soon!

Thanksgiving Point

For fall break we took the kids to Thanksgiving point. We saw the 3D movie about bugs, perfect for my kids. If you know my kids very well, you know they are all crazy about any kind of bugs, but especially preying mantis. Jessie collects the cocoons and keeps them so they will hatch. Don't tell, but I try to find them all and throw them away. So far no hatching babies in the house! Well, the bug movie has a story about a preying mantis, it shows it hatch and all the thousands of other babies hatch out of the cocoon too. In the quiet theater, my mesmerized 6 year old, with her giant 3D glasses on, whispers to herself "my dream come true". Chad and I just looked at each other, choking back our laughter. My kids loved it, we had a good day.

Pine Wood Derby

So, Cy had his first Pine Wood Derby. He had tons of fun. He and Chad worked of his car together, Cy designed and did most the work himself. Chad helped when he was needed. Cy took the pictures himself, so, these are what he thought was improtant. Good Job Cy!