as born we have spent the holiday with family and haven't been home. This year I was really looking forward to the decorating and Trick-or-Treating!First we went to Bate's Nut Farm (or as we like to call it...Nate's Butt Farm!) which is an annual tradition. Benjamin picked out a few pumpkins, took a pony ride, looked at the animals and generally had a great time. He was so pleased that his "Auntie Eli" (our friend Elizabeth) was able to join him this year. Elizabeth moved temporarily to The Netherlands just a month after Benjamin was born and just moved home permanently about a month ago.
To practice for the pumpkin carving I bought Benjamin this fun little pumpkin craft from Starbucks. The pumpkins were all blank and Benjamin and I put on the included stickers to make the pumpkins. Benjamin was, of course, most impressed by the pirate pumpkin!
Finally the day to carve pumpkins had arrived but Benjamin was surprisingly uninterested! Nate designed and carved the pumpkins while I scooped out the pumpkin guts. Once the first Jack o' Lantern was finished Benjamin was excited!! He started calling it a "Janet Lockturn" and couldn't wait to see the next completed one. We nicknamed the white pumpkin "ghost" for obvious reasons!
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Cindy, What cute pumpkins! Hannah wore the Squirt costume you sent me again this year. This time it was a bit too small, but I crammed her into anyway b/c it is so cute! She actually loved it and kept going to the mirror and saying "Squirt, tur-tell". She loved passing out candy to the trick-or-treaters and we got lots of compliments on her costume. Thanks again so much for sending it. That was so kind of you.
Natalie
Fellow IAC Alumn
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