Painting pumpkins

Looks like Hyrum tried to paint his head as well as the pumpkin.


On Saturday Timothy helped the kids paint their pumpkins that they got from the pumpkin patch while I made dinner in my pumpkin.


Timothy painted "creepy" music on his pumpkin.
They all had a good time, but we were cleaning up paint for quite a while after wards.

Pumpkin Time

Saturday we took the family to a local farm for a "pumpkin patch" experience.

We got to go through a hay bale maze and a corn maze. The kids each got to pick out a pumpkin. We didn't ride out to the patch because of the cost, but they got to pick one of the pre-picked ones.

They've been talking about it and want to paint their pumpkins now, so we're looking forward to that activity.

Halloween Fun!

The children seemed to enjoy Halloween. We just took them to the church Halloween party which was on Friday the 30th. They were able to play some games and then go "Trunk-or-Treating". They weren't too sure about the idea when they first started, but when they realized they were getting candy at each car we stopped at then they got excited especially when they got into their candy and could hardly say "thank you" for all they stuffed in their mouths. Since then we've only let them have few pieces a day, but they're pretty excited about having candy because we rarely buy it at our house.

I got really annoyed with Trick or Treaters on Saturday. We only got one family that we actually knew come to the door. There were two adults taking around a little toddler. I gave her a piece of candy and then the adults held up their bags and said- "No candy for the adults?" I think once you're twelve or thirteen you're way too old to trick or treat. So I shook my head, said "Sorry," and shut the door. Next year I'm thinking of putting a sign on the door that says "Feel free to Trick or Treat if you're twelve or younger." Then, if teenagers try to tell me they're twelve I'll tell them that there is a fee for lying at my house. I charge a piece of candy for every year old you are. I'll guess they're age. "You look about 15. Would you like to choose the 15 piece of candy to give me or would you like me to choose for you?"

Another little boy-probably about 5 years old came to the door with his mom and little sister. He said, "Trick or Treat smell my feet, give me something good to eat." Too bad I had already put the candy in his bag before he started in on the "smell my feet" part. What I decided I would next year if someone said that is I would tell them that I don't give candy to children who say rude things, and that there is fee I charge for having to listen to rude words. One piece of candy per word in the rude phrase. That boy would have owed me 9 pieces of candy.