pumpkins & POW

so we're almost always behind. last night was no exception. i had the bright idea to carve pumpkins the night before halloween. now, keep in mind that i did not already have pumpkins & we live in a town of less than 2800. yes, i typed that correctly. 2800. got it? i asked mattie to grab some pumpkins & pumpkin carving knives at the hardware store after rae's dance class. he called to say that store was all out. great. see why living in a town of less then 2800 can really suck?! so off they went to the grocery store (and don't even get me started on the grocery store. it's so great i drive 15 miles for a different one. always.) they managed to find 4 pumpkins but no knives. i was ok with that. then i actually saw the pumpkins. they were the size of softballs! how the hell were we supposed to carve those??? we tried anyway. trusty steak knives in hand (he even tried the gas station for pumpkin knives. no luck. shocker, i know.)

off we went.....mattie had much better luck than i did. he had the tops off his, rae's, & beast's pumpkins before i had mine. i even had to ask for help! we got them cleaned out with absolutely no help from the kids. rae thought pumpkin guts were gross & bryson just kept saying "eewwwwww" like a total girl.

raegan drew the face on hers & mattie cut it out (no, he doesn't suck at carving. that's what she drew!)

(supervising)

bryson also went to work drawing on his, but he didn't draw a face. he just scribbled. so i did his.

mattie & i also did ours.

in the end, it was actually really fun & we had a little family of pumpkins just like us. next year, though, i will definitely be better prepared!!!!

on to halloween. make that holy halloween batman!!! well, holy halloween batgirl!!!

POW! WHAM! ZAP!

we had a veeery long day. we started out early b/c i had my post-op with the oral surgeon. everything is healing well. then we grabbed some breakfast & headed for haircuts. mattie, rae, & beast all got their hair done by their favorite stylist, barb, at the spa. we came home, ate, & took naps (well, everyone but me). then mattie got up & got ready for work. while he was doing that, i got the kids dressed in their costumes so he could see them before he left. we just laughed. the kids were SO cute (we know we're biased, but seriously, they were cute!) then mattie was off to work & the kids & i were off in search of candy. we hit a few houses & then headed to new life (thanks cara!!). the kids had a great time playing games, getting candy, & petting all the farm animals.

we had missed dinner, so we hit up mcd's on the way home. yes, i realize it's not healthy. but superheroes have to eat too!!