The Great Pumpkin

Makes you think of that Charlie Brown TV special, doens't it? I really need to find that on tape so my kids can watch it!

We got our pumpkins yesterday! Yeah! Went to the pumpkin field and I swore we were only getting 1 big pumpkin and a few smaller ones......well 80 pounds and 4 huge pumpkins later I was exhausted! Carved the 4 big ones and let the kids paint the smaller ones that we picked up - and man do they good GOOD!

I use to really love Halloween - I would have considered it one of my favorite times of the year. Not the scary, gory, bloody stuff - not big into haunted houses. I love the idea of dressing up and being "something else" for a day. I am a big sci-fi fan so I love thinking that this one day a year the ghosts can come up from the graves to revisit their loved ones and vampires and werewolves can walk freely among us. It's so much fun to believe in the unbelieveable! But over the years and unfortunately growning up I lost some of that wonder and ability to let go. Now I am paranoid about tainted candy and the schedule of the children's Halloween parties that will be attended this year. So - like everything else in my life these days - my goal is to change that frame of mind. Get back to having fun with the kids and getting some good pictures to remember the kids faces years from now. Wish me luck!