It's Just Perfect!!!!

I don't know if I should admit this but...

..sometimes when we are just living life...

 

I hear it in a blog post.

And when we were carving pumpkins...

 

I knew it was happening,

I heard our lives in a story

 & ran around snapping pictures to complete our book.

 

So here is our story...

 

Rocco's Pumpkin

As told by Mom

 

Rocco wanted a Pumpkin.

 

So, he went to the pumpkin patch with his family.

 

 

 

He ran through the straw maze,

 

 

danced in the corn,

 

 

and even gathered up enough courage to hug the scary witch.

 

But, the best part of all was that Rocco got his pumpkin.

 

A BIG,

 

orange,

 

heavy pumpkin.

 

And he took it home.

 

All the kids drew out faces for their pumpkins

 

 

Then, they scooped out the cold slimy guts.

 

They toasted up the seeds until they turned brown & crunchy.

 

 

Rocco nibbled on the seeds while he waited for

his turn to have Mom carve HIS pumpkin.

 

And when it was finished

he sat back and looked at it.

 

He liked it!

 

 

Until...

 

He saw the other pumpkins.

 

When Annie's pumpkin was done he said,

"I wish my pumpkin had teeth like Annie's!"

 

But his mom said, "No Rocco, your pumpkin is just perfect."

 

Then, when he saw Bo's pumpkin he said,

"I wish my pumpkin had a scary mouth like Bo's!"

 

 

But his mom said, "No Rocco, your pumpkin is just perfect."

 

And when he saw Roo's pumpkin he said,

"I wish my pumpkin had ears like Roo's!"

 

 

and he held some ears up to his pumpkin.

 

 

But his mom said, "No Rocco, your pumpkin is perfect."

 

Then, his mom put some candles into his pumpkin.

She told Rocco to follow her.

She carried it into the bathroom,

shut the door,

and turned out the lights.

 

Finally. Rocco smiled, and said, "It's just perfect!"

 

True Story.

 

 

 

You might be wondering, "Where is Kit's pumpkin? 

But he didn't need one...because he is one.

 

 

I am going to turn this into a hard covered book

for Rocco for Christmas.

 

I can hardly wait!

 

Happy Halloween!

 

Please do not use any part of this story or photos. 

I don't usually care...but this feels like a part of me.

Thanks!

Trick-or-Treat!

Take one little robot...

 

...add a valiant Knight...

 

 

...throw in one curly Shirley Temple...

 

 

(Annie's favorite part was getting to wear lipstick and mascara :)

 

...top it off with two crazy cousins...

 

 

...and you get one perfect Halloween night!

 

And since it took a lot of work to pull it all together...I am gonna bore you to death with a few more pics :)

 

Robot doing the robot

 

 

 

 

 

 

94 trick-or-treaters later...we are calling it a night.

 

I can hardly wait for tomorrow to sit down with a cup of coffee & look through all my friends pics on Facebook & on their blogs to see their little cuties while I yell, "No more candy Rocco!  I mean it!"  & "Bo!!! Come back here with that candy bag!"

 

Let me know if you have some trick or treaters for me to see too!

Happy Halloween!

 



A DO NOT DIY...

You think this is scary?

or this?

They don't scare me!

(well maybe just a little)

 

Wait until you see where I went yesterday:

Now THIS is scary...

That is right...nothing scares me more

than taking three little boys into Michaels!

 

Now THAT is scary!

It really is.

 

I'll tell you why I braved up for this scary trip.

My friends have all been creating gorgeous pumpkins.

Koralee paints them,

Theresa sews them,

& Jessica wraps them magically with yarn.

& they are all perfect!

 

So...when I bought a bunch of sweet little gourds & pumpkins from a friend at Annie's school I knew I wanted to "do them up." 

 

I also knew with all the little hands around I should probably go with something "easy" since I knew I wouldn't be doing it alone.

 

Well here is a little DN (do not) DIY to paint pumkins:

 

First, do not find your self telling all your boys,

"SURE, you can hold the pumpkins in the car...

(seemed harmless)

 

...just be careful not to break off the stems!"

 

Do not tell them they can pick any color they want at Michaels.

 

EW.

 

Then when you start painting, 

do not tell them, "Try really hard to keep it off the stems."

 

 

 

And do not buy the cheap paint.

 

Who even knew a pink pumpkin could be so ugly?

(Not me, I mean did you see Koralee's adorable pink pumpkin?)

 

Just when you think they can't get any uglier...

they do:

 

This is when I just started shaking my head.

 

Oh...& whatever you do, do not try to fix them with glitter!

 

Sigh...

 

Of course, the whole time they are

smiling & so proud of their work.

"How does it look mom?"

"Interesting Bo...very interesting."

 

And poor  Annie,

"Honey, I can't lie....that thing is pretty ugly."

She laughed & agreed :)

 

When they are drying, do not bother telling any little boys,

"Don't touch them yet, they are still wet."

It's like saying, "Please touch them all!"

 

Then, after about 5 coats,

do not keep pushing on determined to finish the project

by spraying them with a shiny clear coat.

 

They are still just ugly.

Now they are just shiny and ugly.

 

No matter what...DO NOT try this at home.

 

You have been warned.

But, I have this baaaaad feeling we will be
destroying pumpkins for years to come.  The kids love those awful things :)

If you have some cute pumpkins for me to see make sure to let me know!  I need a little cuteness after all this!

 

 

Sweet Belly Ache

Rocco, where is all your Halloween candy?

Oh my...those X-rays look terribly sweet!

Happy Halloween!

So I got arrested:

and attacked by a dog,

all on my daughters wedding day.

Thank goodness my nephew the soilder was

there to make things right again!

I actually think Roo should have been the one arrested.

I caught him sneaking into Rocco's stash.

AND

Cassie

of A Serenade for Solitude...

You won the Jonah book!   

Hope you all had some fun with your families tonight!