Wrapping up Halloween . . . Moving into November

We had a great Halloween this year!  We did a lot of fun things and lots of fun was had by all! 

 

We had our evening of pumpkin carving last weekend.  Sam and I gutted our pumpkins and dad helped with the sharp knife work. 

Here's Sam going after the guts.

 

And here I am - broken collar bone and all.

 

Pumpkin guts . . . . they don't scare us!

 

Dad followed Sam's instructions exactly . . . and even added a touch of his own.  His pumpkin has lots of teeth - just like him.  Sam's pumpkin is also missing his two front teeth - just like Sam!

 

And here's my pumpkin - he turned out great, didn't he!

 

Here they are in the dark.  Excellent!

 

We made our own mummy pizzas for Halloween dinner this year.  Yummy and fun, all at the same time.

 

And here we are, all dressed up.  I was a Glow-in-the-Dark Skeleton this year.  Sam was Harry Potter.  Aren't we adorable?!?!!  We had a great time trick or treating and have giant bags full of candy that will take us all year to get through.  Happy Halloween everyone!

 

After Halloween, it seems we spend endless hours doing yard work.  We have so many trees around our house.  The yard fills up with leaves . . . over and over and over and over and over.  But what makes all that work a little more endurable?  Playing in the leaves before we toss them in the trashcans. 

 

 

Here I am taking a short break, soaking up some sun.  Ahhh!!!

 

And what did we wake up to this morning?  Snow!!!  Not very much, but enough to coat the grass. It melted quickly and we had a beautiful, although very cold, afternoon. 

 

 

 Sam Alert:  Hey everyone - I do love being outside.  And give me even a tiny pile of leaves and you'll find me right in the middle of it. 

 

 

 Here I am with one of my many handfuls of sticks.  As the leaves blow down in our yard, lots of sticks and twigs come down with them.  And our mower doesn't pick them up well.  So one of Mason and my jobs is to go around and pick them up.  Mom says her back thanks us!

 

 That little bit of snow we had this morning produced some snowflakes big enough to catch on your tongue.  I had to work hard at it, but I finally caught a few. 

 

Sam out - here's to a great week!