Happy Halloween!

We spent Halloween cheering on Daddy's school at a home football game.

Nana made the girls adorable poodle skirts in the school's colors and they attended the game as "Fifties Chics." We had our usual fun dancing to the band and had a little extra sugar thanks to all the treats they received.

Pumpkin #2 - Cinderella

We carved Cinderella into our 2nd pumpkin today. Not bad if I do say so myself. Here's to hoping it doesn't rot as quickly as Ariel did.

Demise of a Pumpkin

Remember this?


It was 1 week ago tonight that I carved Ariel into that pumpkin. It took every ounce of craftiness I have in me and sheer determination to make sure Emily was not disappointed to make it look like that. Thanks to the warm weather and a small jab last night from Chris to see what what the black stuff inside was, it now looks like this....


Lesson learned, don't carve pumpkins more than a week in advance of Halloween, especially if you live in Florida!

I guess we'll be carving pumpkin #2 this weekend in hopes that it lasts until next Friday!!!

Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Pumpkins

On Friday night we headed out to pick out some pumpkins for carving. We had a great time at a local pumpkin patch that a church just down the road from us was having. The kids ran around in the pumpkins and we tried to get them to sit still to take few pictures.

Emily and Peyton in their Pumpkin shirts.

The whole gang: Ethan, Emily, Peyton, Cayden and Ryan.

Peyton running around in the pumpkins.

A Finch Family photo among the pumpkins.

Emily finally caught Peyton.

Mom Mom and her Florida Girls.


After returning home, we headed outside to do some carving. Aunt Amy had bought Emily a princess carving kit, so she choose the Ariel pattern for her pumpkin. Daddy was a good sport and started out the job, but soon found it to be difficult...


So, he handed the knife over to Mommy, who set out to proof it wasn't an impossible task.


The kids got bored with the pumpkin carving and took to riding bikes while they waited.


And then finally....


I do have to say, it came up pretty darn cute!!! And, I had one happy 3 year old when it was all said and done!!!

We still have another pumpkin to carve, but have decided to wait for another day. Emily has decided she wants us to carve Cinderella's carriage in the next one. It looks a lot more elaborate than Ariel's head, we'll see how that one turns out!