The Tradition Continues

I don't know how many years now that we've carved pumpkins at my mom's house.  William was quite small when we started, I know that.  It has elevated in status to right behind dying Easter eggs (which if you know my mom, you know is a HUGE deal at her house).  We had a great time today because the girls both did a great job and really did almost all of the work themselves, so it was fun to watch.

For some reason, slide.com cut off some of the jack-o-lantern pictures (which I had a hard time getting anyway).  Anyway, you get the idea!

Career Day

Both girls were chefs this year.  This is the "Iron Chef" pose.

MORE October Fun!

After weeks of construction, our foam haunted house is finally complete!!!  The girls and I had a blast working on this.  I think because you could only do small, easily completed steps and then you had to wait on the glue to dry.  It was perfect for my attention span.  :)

October Fun

Halloween has been all the talk at our house lately.  Tonight the girls made fairy wing costumes for some of their favorite stuffed animals.  

They were both so funny.  They were such proud "parents" of all their animals, going on and on about how adorable they are.

What to do on a Saturday in Leeds, Alabama

One thing you can do is to walk around the Antiques Mall / Flea Market and find nightmare-inducing junk.

Jeremy, the girls, and I spent a couple of hours there this past Saturday and here are our top finds:

Bronze Medal:

I don't know what's scarier, my sweet youngest daughter's face being replaced with a frightening tortured face, or the diseases that probably lurk in the mask that she is inhaling.

Silver Medal:

I don't really know what to say about this one.  Can you imagine having this hanging on your wall?  I personally thought this little beauty was a close call for the gold medal, but Jeremy fought hard for the gold medalist.  He said it was by far the creepiest.

Gold Medal:

Why?