Pumpkin fun

Keaton saw a commercial for Disney world and was so excited. He asked me "When can we go to Disney Channel World?"
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Jarrek got all the Halloween decorations and costume stuff down today. Keaton had a blast trying on all the masks and wigs and playing with all the decorations. He couldn't wait to show Tatum. So when Tatum got home from school Keaton raced to the garage to show her everything. They tried on all the wigs and masks and paraded through the house. I laughed, I cried, I screamed. There are great pictures...I will post them tomorrow.

This afternoon the kids and I went to the pumpkin patch at our church. We went to pick out two medium sized pumpkins for carving and two small pumpkins for painting. Tatum and Keaton critiqued each pumpkin like world class pumpkin judges. Finally we found two 'beautiful' ones and were ready to pick out their little pumpkins. They both wanted 'nice round ones'. Keaton gave a little more description of his ideal pumpkin..."round like and orange, the color of an orange and no stem like an orange" Basically Keaton wanted an orange. We found two that were great and went off to dinner. The kids were worried about leaving their pumpkins in the car while we were eating...they thought they were going to melt. They were very excited to see that the pumpkins were still pumpkins when we got back in the car.

When we got home the kids decorated their little pumpkins with sharpies. Tatum took her time picking just the right colors and planning her design. Keaton grabbed markers and began his worked. He drew a face, ears and hair. Then he turned the pumpkin around and drew it's hiney...really just a hiney hole. It is really funny looking. Tatum's is a little more thought out and appropriate. Again, pictures will be posted soon.

Jarrek got home, we started working on carving the pumpkins. Tatum and Keaton picked out their designs. Tatum picked a vampire, Keaton picked a silly weird face. I think they had more fun directing mom and dad on how to use the knife and how to make the carving look good.

Tomorrow is Jarrek's 10 year reunion...I'll let yall know how it goes!