Happy Halloween

Cairn was Sacajewea, Skylar was Pocahontas and Andrew was Darth Vadar.

The weather was great - no snow or rain, slight breeze but in the high 40's.

Pumpkin Carving

This year, I finally had my act together and I actually purchased pumpkins.  So today was the day to carve them.

During the day, we cleaned out the inside so Dad only had to help carve them.

 

Cairn didn't want to carve them when we did.  She waited until Dad came home.

Finally, Dad came home, ate his dinner and then he was ready to carve.

Skylar carved her pumpkin completely by herself.  She is our determined one - she always wants to do things on her own and in her way.

Andrew and Cairn got some help.

In this picture, the candle is lit inside the pumpkin and we had turned out all the lights - that is why the kids look a little wide eyed - the flash.

We had a great evening, giggling, encouraging each other and in the end we had cool final products = jack o lanterns.

Halloween Trick or treating #1

Today we met some friends at a museum that was having an indoor trick or treating event.  The kids got dressed up in their costumes, invited N and C and we headed out.

Skylar - Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)

Cairn - Laura Ingalls

Andrew - Peter Pan

All the kids together.

 At the museum, the kids collected candy, saw snakes, practiced archery....

 They did some crafts...

 We also got to see the new Antarctica exhibit where we learned how much we weighed compared to a polar bear - Andrew and Skylar were a 3 month old cub, Cairn was a 6 month old cub.

 We learned about the climate and landscape.

 The kids did some more crafts and played with the inflatables.

We were at the museum for 3 1/2 hours.  Everyone had a good time and got lots of candy.  We will go trick or treating 2 more times before Halloween is over.  The Halloween Fairy will have a lot of candy to take away this year.