Thursday, October 31, 2013

Carving Pumpkins! Little Pumpkin Patch - Video




This Halloween season really got away from us


Every weekend has been super busy and there has simply been too much to do


This year we were not able to make it out to the Patch in Livermore where we normally go


But I did promise Holly a pumpkin Patch.


This little one is set up right next to Bay street and we have driven by several times


So on Tuesday I took Holly and we picked up a few pumpkins to carve before the season ends


She actually ended up having a really fun time and wanted to stay longer then we could


She searched for the perfect pumpkin and decided she wanted little ones for herself


Really though it was all about the giant bouncy slides


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSlGKKtcCEs

 First time going down the Titanic Slide at the pumpkin patch in Bay Street. She has recently been afraid of heights so I was super proud


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxa4AS2XjTs
Heading down the slide a few more times. This little boy made his mom go, but then he saw Holly do it on her own and had to out brave her, then they slid and played together for the next 20 minutes till we had to leave.


The prices were pretty high but since it was a Tuesday afternoon and almost empty


Rather then paying 8$ for 10 minutes on this one slide I paid the 8$ but she jumped on everything for about 25 minutes total.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y3g_6bgwXo
 Always giving me the 5th degree, asking questions and making a deal for more okay time while sliding on the bouncing slide


When we got home she insisted we start right away and not wait for Daddy


She had a set of Princess carving tools


Sadly Momy broke the Saw Blade with the first baby pumpkin we tried to open


I told her since she insisted on not waiting for Daddy it was her job to clean them out


We had a scooper but it was too big for this little guy so we used a spoon


It was ewwy geewy!


But she did it!  I even got a lesson about seeds and the "Flesh" and "Skin"


They have been learning about apples at school and she transferred the knowledge to pumpkins!  Way to go.


One baby pumpkin was enough and when she was finished she said we needed Daddy's Help


So we waited for him to get home so he could gut the rest


They had fun taunting each other with the guts


Joel was so persistent in trying to get her to help too


He finally was able to get her to stick her hand inside, but that was as far as she would go.


Then they tried to get Mommy with the guts, I was not a happy camper


She helped do the second small one


But ended up doing more drawing then carving when it came down to it


She decided she wanted to use her stickers


And just decorate the pumpkin


This ended up becoming a two day process, so on the first night we just had Daddy gut them all


It was actually a good deal on the pumpkins we got 5 for only 12$ But that was 2 small, 1 medium and 2 more bigger (Not Large)


I decided I wanted to do something different and picked the white one


We played a game to guess what color the insides would be.


Daddy said Orange, and I said white.  Holly decided to vote Purple!


Here is the drawing of the Face Holly wanted to carve


We ended up doing most of the carving on Wednesday night


She had lots of fun drawing on them and plucking out peices


She picked out special princess silhouettes for Mommy to do on my pumpkin


She wanted to do a princess too but they were super hard so we stuck with a traditional face


We didn't have the best tools and the little pumpkins are not as fleshy


But with Daddy's help it was a group effort and she was able to make her pumpkin


I love the one Large eye and the lopsided smile


These are the two images I carved, Cinderella


And Aurora.  It was super fun!  I'm not she how great they will glow, but it was more about the process.


Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Kaylee's Birthday Party - Video


Kaylee had a super fun Gymnastics Birthday Party at a new place in Walnut Creek.  The kids are all eager to get to the party and it was even a Drop Off Situation, no Mommies and Daddies on the Gym Floor.  I ended up staying and watching from the sidelines, there were several fun instructor lead activities to entertain and wear out the little ones and then when it was time to head to the party room there was a surprise special guest, Rapunzel! Rapunzel was so sweet and Kaylee and all of the girls were so eager to give her a hug and meet her.  Kaylee got a special gift.  Then of course there was yummy food and cake and we all sang Happy Birthday!  It was a fun day!

Singing Happy Birthday Kaylee
http://youtu.be/kzp3L50Ud18

Rapunzel Sings to Kaylee
http://youtu.be/uKmT6rmDjEc














































Here are a few extra pictures I found on my phone: