Sunday was pumpkin carving day and we had a blast!
Maile Girl sketched out her design ahead of time and then copied it on to the pumpkin
Maile made separate designs for herself and Lauren
Alright, let's get this going - Daddy kicked off the scooping of the gunk part of the pumpkin carving.
Ewwww, slimy...
And by slimy, I mean AWESOME!
Mommy got involved to add an M for Maile and L for Lauren to the back of the pumpkins
Lauren wasn't quite as thrilled with the activity...
The finished product...
Maile and Lauren representing Halloween 2013!
Maile Girl isn’t quite ready to let go of Halloween yet … especially, the song I taught her 😉
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We’ve been having so much fun with Grandma Gail and Grandpa Cal visiting that we are a week behind posting about some of our adventures. The Saturday before Halloween, we all piled into the car and headed out to Half Moon Bay to check out the pumpkin patches.
There was a petting zoo, but you'll notice no animals can be seen in this photo - that's because this was as close as Maile was willing to get...
While she wanted nothing to do with the real animals, Maile was a huge fan of these pink wooden ponies!
Stick 'em up!
You're a quick draw, Maile Girl, you got me this time...
Maile starts the search for her perfect pumpkin...
Found one!
Maile, if you want your pumpkin, you need to carry it. But, it's heaaveee...
Daddy, I just wish these could be permanent...
What do you think? I kind of like it. I just wish they could be permanent. I’ll have to look into that one day…
(Dad note: This is my fault. Maile was looking through her Halloween bag and I decided to take a quick look at my email. Next thing I know she has tatted up “sleeves”. I really hope this is a phase she grows out of…)
Hi, I'm Maile Elmo!
Grandma Gail really outdid herself this year. Keeping with the annual tradition, she made Maile’s halloween costume. This year, Maile actually was able to request her costume – Elmo!
The best part of Grandma Gail's costume was that she was able to deliver it in person! Thank you Grandma Gail!
The costume is amazing and Maile had a lot of fun wearing it (well, truth be told, she had a lot of fun wearing it all weekend and then strangely pitched a fit when her friends came over to trick or treat with her). Maile invited a few friends over and we did some trick or treating practice around the courtyard (baby steps before heading out into the big, bad city!)
I'm Maile Elmo. Cool. I'm Hannah Sailor. Cool.
Firemen, sailor, golfer, leopard, Elmo, oh my!
After trick or treating, we didn’t think the kids had enough sweets, so we headed inside and Mommy helped everyone decorate Halloween cookies!
All in all it was a fun start to Halloween! Happy trick or treating!
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Maile Girl is a little too young to be carving pumpkins, but Megan had a great idea to make sure she could still partake in the tradition. She picked up a bunch of mini pumpkins and Halloween stickers and then showed Maile how to decorate the pumpkins. How cool and creative is that!?
Maile loved it – our apartment is now really festive. There are Halloween decorations on the walls and a line of 8 mini pumpkins that Maile and Hannah decorated with their stickers. Thanks Megan!
This is how Megan showed me how to apply the stickers - you need to be very careful not to get the sticky side stuck on you instead of the pumpkin...
The finished product! I'm quite proud of myself!
