We carved our pumpkins today—three of them. We used a Dremel tool which made the job much faster. I’m waiting to take pictures of them once it’s dark and they are lit up. We have a spider, a horse, and a dragon. Why, oh why, can my kids never just ask for cute jack-o-lantern faces?!
I also took my son to a Halloween-themed birthday party. All the kids were in costume, and he had a lot of fun. He also ate a lot of candy and has been wired ever since. I’m rather looking forward to the crash.
Besides doing laundry, clearing the leaves off the deck, and straightening up the house, we got the kids started on raking the leaves into a big pile for jumping in. Took a lot of funny pictures, and right now my son is totally buried in the leaves and waiting for me to come find him. I wonder how long he’ll wait? My daughter decided the leaf pile should be under a tree, so they are climbing the tree and then jumping into the leaves below. It’s 70 degrees here today, and I really can’t wait to see how many ticks the kids have on them when they come inside.
Next on the agenda is dinner, then trick-or-treating. This year we have an Anakin Skywalker, a Batman, and a Cleopatra. Then we throw the kids in bed, watch the most recent Dexter, have a martini, and call it a night!