Here are the littles. Known to some as Zach and Dylan.
And now as Zorro and Glow-in-the-Dark Ninja.

*All children belonging to others have been cropped out.

More pictures tomorrow…

The jack o’ lanterns…

I think the children did a wonderful job! Just a bit of help from Mom and Dad. They designed their own faces on paper first and depending on age, carved their own pumpkins. As for the scooping? Dad did most of it. I was busy fashioning a cloak with my mother. Yes, this was Saturday night… what of it?

I came home to beautifully scooped pumpkins, and vomit stains. Apparently I have a child who finds pumpkin guts the utmost in grossness. Boogers don’t bother him. Neither do bugs, dog poop or slime… just pumpkin guts.

Today’s the day. The candy fest. The costume extravaganza. The day children’s dreams are made of…

Candy and costumes… ahhhh, heaven.

The pumpkins are carved. The candy is ready to hand out (minus what we ate last night). The kids have their costumes in their backpacks for school.

Today is a grand day.

I get to buy books at the book fair and then watch the littles in the Halloween parade at school…

did I mention this day is a little slice of heaven?

Don’t run and hide now. I finally got the camera back out and FINALLY downloaded my photos onto the computer today. (I would have done it yesterday but I LOCKED MYSELF OUT OF THE HOUSE – Yes, it’s true.)

Evidence of the Pinecone Wars:

Yes, the children have been having pinecone wars. Great fun – let me tell you. I don’t quite see the fun of it but all the boys and the neighbors think this is the height of exciting entertainment. Well, at least it’s free.

The boys’ giant pumpkins from Nana & Denny’s farm. Yes, they planted them themselves and No, I have no idea how to grow anything much less giant pumpkins.

They have just been put out front. The smaller of the pumpkins will be carved today. Shut up, it is not late on the carving front. We didn’t want them to rot. Yes, that’s the reason.

It must also be noted that my husband got a gnormous sliver of pumpkin under his fingernail while trying to move the pumpkins. It went all the way to the cuticle. If you want, I’ll take a photo. But as of now I thought it better I don’t.

For more autumn photos – of the more artist variety – go to the photoblog. I’m going now to add them…

Got this from Elizabeth over at This Full House.

Let’s Play!

The rules are easy!

(1) It’s your turn to “ghost” two other bloggers.

(2) Stop by their blogs and leave a comment on their latest post saying, “You’ve Just Been Ghosted — Come Over And Grab A Puking Pumpkin!”

(3) Copy and paste the puking pumpkin somewhere on your blog (either in a post or on your sidebar, perhaps) so that everyone can see that you have been “ghosted” and will not “ghost” you again. This will also let you know who you can “ghost.”

(4) Link to this post (or a post of your own) for directions, grab the puking pumpkin and go “ghost” 2 bloggers on your sidebar (preferably, somewhere you haven’t commented in a while or a blog you’ve never commented before or new to the blogosphere) and share some linky love!

It will be fun to see how many “puking pumpkins” appear in the blogosphere by Halloween.

Okay?