Both Edison & Charlotte have been learning a lot about autumn in school this year so they were primed and ready for the pumpkin trip.
Too bad the weather didn't cooperate. You can't tell that well from these photos, but it had been raining for the past few days. I just didn't have the energy to take the kids to an actual pumpkin patch, so we opted for the mounds of pumpkins at Central Market, instead.
I can't imagine a worse picture of the kids....but it was the only one we got, so what can you do?!
Central Market has a pumpkin contest each fall - this beauty claimed fourth place and weighed in at nearly 1200 pounds!
Saturday night we celebrated Eben's birthday. We had a few friends over for a nice meal, cake, and cards. When we get together now, the kids get to have a slumber party - way easier than arranging babysitters! Here is Charlotte with her buddy Jake.
Charlotte ended up being the life of the party for the half hour before bedtime. She loved eating birthday cake with daddy.
On Sunday morning Edison was very enthusiastic about "putting the face on the pumpkin." He picked a giraffe face for one pumpkin and Mickey Mouse for the other. Those were not easy - especially the giraffe. I nearly gave up in frustration, but they turned out okay and Edison was happy.
Tuesday was Eben's actual birthday, so we went to a local restaurant. Charlotte is definitely daddy's little girl at this point. She loves giving him high fives and having him tumble her around.
We let Edison bring his mini DVD player to the restaurant so the kids wouldn't get too fussy. He loved it and when we got home he and Charlotte still wanted to watch it. I think partly he just likes pushing the buttons (better than pushing my buttons).
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