Halloween Preparations

The last week of October was a busy one for our family, as there were many preparations to be made for Halloween.  While I was busy finalizing costumes, Steve was busy decorating the exterior of our house.  I think his sister's house inspired him, and he felt a little 'positive' peer pressure.  Needless to say... his aspirations to turn our house into a 'Monster House' were reached, don't you think?

Paige also used the opportunity to make some creations of her own while Daddy was busy building.  A future engineer perhaps?  Or maybe a future artist?  We were impressed!

Molly also had her friend Annabelle over to visit and the kids decorated Halloween cookies.  They REALLY wanted to eat their entire creation in one sitting and were sorely disappointed when I only let them have a piece.

Later it was time to carve the pumpkins!  Molly was feeling very creative and decided that she was going to make a peacock pumpkin with the real peacock feathers left over from her Halloween costume.  She designed and carved it all by herself EXCEPT for cleaning out the inside, which she decided was too messy of a job.  Steve helped her out with that...

Paige and Garrett used a template, which they traced onto their pumpkin and then let Steve and I cut it out for them.  I think they turned out pretty fabulous!

Now we were ready and set for Halloween to arrive! But that's a whole other post!