Pumpkin Carving

After all these years we FINALLY carved some pumpkins with the girls. In the past it has always been about painting the pumpkins. I don't know why, I don't remember painting them as a kid...but that seems to be the thing we have done here with the girls.

As the girls get older I continue to see how different they are in so many ways! Olivia loves to get her hands dirty and make a mess...be it on herself, the kitchen cupboards, or the bathroom floor, she loves getting down and dirty! And if I don't know she is doing it, all the more fun! So Olivia dove right in and began cleaning the seeds out of her pumpkin. Here she is pretending to eat the pumpkin seeds!



Emma on the other hand doesn't like getting her hands dirty so much. She is much less likely to play with something mushy and if her hands get dirty, she wants them clean! Notice Emma's one hand is not touching the pumpkin...she is trying her best to carve one handed! LOL



And our finished product...again, Em is barely touching her pumpkin and Olivia is practically climbing on hers!!

After being stuck in the house for 3 days in a row, it was time to get Olivia outdoors! Poor thing has been running a fever, missed school Wed, Thurs, and Friday, and basically been camping out on the couch all day. She woke up this morning, fever free, and ready to go!

With Halloween a week from today, we decided it was finally time to get out and find some pumpkins. There are a lot of great places to get pumpkins in Rochester, but many of them are turning into small Halloween carnivals with rides, face painting, games, etc and cost between $7 and $10 per person. All we want are a couple of pumpkins and don't want to pay $25 to get in plus the cost of the pumpkins. Call me cheap.

So the girls and I found our way to Powers Farm in Pittsford. We haven't been there in a few years and it was perfect. Let the search begin!




The girls had a good time wandering around the farm...there were goats and sheep, three tall tepees made out of straw, a hay ride, and lots of pumpkins!






By the end, Em was ready to go. There were a lot of bees flying around and Em had such a bad experience over the summer (stung 4 times) that she can't stand being around them. Olivia on the other hand, was oblivious to them and ready to pose by her pumpkin!

Here we go!

It is official...we have our own family blog. It is a family effort. The goal? Each week we will all have an opportunity to write about the events that took place in our lives. With that being said, welcome to Life is Good!