Pumpkins and such

So it is the end of October which means it is time for pumpkin carving and of course Halloween. We posted last week about our trip to Greenfield Village, and now the fun just continues.

Jayda had a fun pre-school class on Thurs where they decorated cookies, learned about Halloween, learned songs, etc.... at the end they all put on their costumes and had a little parade around the house. Their favorite part was singing/screaming their new Halloween songs so all could hear them.


Today we decided to finally go out and get some pumpkins of our own from a real pumpkin patch. Last year we went and Jayda loved it, so we figured this year would be even better. Problem is we waited until 3 days before Halloween so most of the pumpkins were gone. Jayda still had a lot of fun running around looking at each one and trying to decide which one was just the right size for her- "no Dad, that's too small" or an occasional "no Dad, that one's yucky" until we found just the right one for her, for Addison, and for each of us.




We learned something new this week about squirrels- they like to eat pumpkins. We had a few small pumpkins on our porch steps earlier this week. One of them, about the size of grapefruit, just disappeared one day. We assumed it was just some child that took it and didn't think much else of it. Then one day, we found the guilty party, caught him red handed and even have the photo to prove it. A squirrel! He took our small one, then came back and ate half of a larger one. He made a huge mess all over the porch and sidewalk, and when we moved the pumpkin to the grass, he just kept eating it. Here is the photo to prove it. And yes, it is a squirrel and not a small cat, they are huge here and have very long tails!