Friday, October 21, 2011

Our halloween crafts this week.

Halloween gives us a chance to play with some new craft projects.  We made a ghost out of a garbage bag, some very dapper ghostly puppets and a really scary red-backed spider.


 I think he looks straight out of the Mr Men books.
Mila doing a Ghost impression.
The very stylish Mr and Mrs Ghost.
We made the spider out of Mila's hand print.

Mila was scared of the fangs.

Mr Spider got all over the place.

Candle blowing 101

While we were at the Tolay Fall Festival, Mila made a little orange candle.  I soon discovered after lighting the candle for her, that she didn't know how to blow it out.
Getting her lips pursed

Puff....

Pffftew

PFFFTEW!

Pffftew, pffftew, pffftew!


Hmmmmm, it must be a trick candle.

Pumpkin carving.

 Picking out the pumpkin was just the first step.  We still had to carve the pumpkin and toast the seeds.
"Soooo, you say I just stick my hand inside?"
"I feel the seeds!, I feel the seeds!"

"It's pretty gross and slimy".

Quiet observer.


Spreading out the seeds.
Tasting the toasted pumpkin seed.

At night-time.

On the door step, right before I toss it because it's moldy.

My girls have eyelashes to die for.



Tolay Fall Festival

We joined the Frigards last weekend at the Tolay Fall Festival and festive it was.  There were baby chicks hatching, corn husk dolls to be made, honey sticks to be devoured, hay bale rides to take, pony races to win(pretend ponies), a hay bale maze to conquer and big fat Turkey legs and Caramel Corn to eat.  And let's not forget a trip to the pumpkin patch for Mila to pick out her very own pumpkin.

Hot red-headed mama with her red-headed bubba.
Blonde mama with her blondie bubba.

She insisted on wearing the owl hat because it matched her dress.  That's my girl.

Ava schooling the girls on how to select the right horse for the race.

On your marks, get set and GO!

Ava in the lead with Aneka and Mila neck and neck.

Ava wins, but make note that Aneka is the only one that has proper pretend pony riding form.

Off for a wander with daddy.

Yee Haw Bullseye!
Does Bullseye's head look a little small to you?

Two gals out on the range.

June asleep at the wheel.

"Good horse Blackie"


Everyone lining up to pat the llama.

Honey stick time.

Waiting for the Hay Bale ride.
Which pumpkin looks out of place?

Off to find the perfect pumpkin.

Nope, no, nope, no, no,no,no, not this one, nope, no, nope, nope no,no......

Eureka! I found it!

Here you take it Daddy, it's heavy.

Just like the shirt says, "Cutest pumpkin in the patch".

Sweet potato.

Having a giggle




I'm ready for my close-up.