Trimming the tree

I have been painting like crazy, trying to get it done before we put up the tree.  Yesterday, I made Owen a deal.  If he let me finish the kitchen, we would put up the tree.  During nap, Brig and I put up  the tree and fluffed the branches.  To say he was excited to see the tree is an understatement. 

At first, he wanted to hang all the ornaments in one place.  We convinced him otherwise, and he actually let us spread them out a little more.

Thanksgiving Feast

Owen's class had their Thanksgiving Feast on Monday.  He was really excited and talked about it for days.  Since then, he asks us several times a day when we are going to Grandmama's house for the other Thanksgiving Feast.  This morning on my way out of the house we told him it was tomorrow!  Funny thing is he really isn't interested in the "feast" part, just the party aspect.

Stuff Owen says

Tonight Owen was coloring at the table and said, "Daddy, I can't get it".  I said, "Get what?"  He said, "this", showing me a marker in his hand.  The top was still on and he said, "I tried using my muscles, but it's not working.  Can you use your muscles to open it?"

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Halloween 2010

Ever since we saw Pete's Dragon in the Disney Electrical Parade, Owen has wanted to be one for Halloween.  Here he is "blowing smoke" at us...

 I thought a dragon wouldn't fit on the slide...he proved me wrong.

With his buddies Robin Hood and Anakin Skywalker...

He liked trick-or-treating for about 15 minutes.  He really liked seeing the other kids dressed up and giving away candy at Grandmama's house.

The loot...

Carving pumpkins and making spiders

 Today we headed to our local pumpkin patch to try and find something suitable to carve.

 

 

 Owen really liked this one.  One guess if we took it home...

Then the carving started.  Please remember this was my first attempt! 

Before

During

 After

Not too horrible for my first time.  I intended to put a "2010" on the other side but jacked up the "Owen" so I decided to stop while I was ahead.

Later on Chef Owen helped Brig make cupcakes.  His fave was the spider.

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Fall Festival

Owen had a Fall Festival at school yesterday.  We wrongly assumed it was the entire school, but it was just his class.  The teacher(s) made each of the kids a pumpkin shirt and painted their faces.  They played fun games outside and brought home a Halloween goody bag.

 

corn maze and ghost walk

Our weekend was jam packed!  Friday night we went out to the West Farm Corn Maze.  First, we went to the petting zoo and fed some goats.  I let Chris handle that while I took pics.

 

They still look hungry...

Then the kids picked out and decorated pumpkins.

We went on the hayride, but it was very bumpy and dark, so the pics are very blurry.  The kids played in the miniature corn maze, but by this time some older kids (who were too big anyway) had destroyed the bales.

Saturday night we went on the Ghost Walk.  Brig and I did this years ago and it has really grown.  Owen did pretty well considering the theme of a few acts.  The next to last act were Civil War soldiers who fired off guns and dynamite.  Owen didn't care for that got really upset even though I told him it was going to be loud and I covered his ears.

 The kids digging for treasure...

Josh was a skeleton, Sam was a bat and Owen was Buzz.  These are not their actual Halloween costumes.