Halloween 2012

Our traditional Jack-O-Lantern pizza from Papa Murphy's

Ryan the Lacrossee Player

Ethan as Harry Potter

The Crack Monkeys are ready for some
free candy!

Jeff as Venom

Vanessa as Tangled's Rapunzel
(wedding dress version)

Jack O Lanterns

Once we got our pumpkins, we went home and started the big mess of decorating them. Unfortunately, Ryan had Scouts that night, so he wasn't able to carve his pumpkin, but he gave us the go-ahead to do ours.

Daddy giving the pumpkins a lobotomy

Creating her Angry Bird jack-o-lantern

In preparation for carving, Ethan drew
a jack-o-lantern face pattern at school

Another Angry Bird jack-o-lantern being created

Ryan started on his as soon as he got home from Scouts, but had to continue the following day.

This year we had 2 Angry Birds and 4 crazy jack-o-lantern faces. No Halo designs this time.

2012 Pumpkin Patch Adventure

Every year we go to the same pumpkin patch near our house. The Crack Monkeys look forward to it and I can't help but share their enthusiasm.

Somehow Jeff always ends up pulling the wagon

Vanessa was the first to find her pumpkin

Still pulling the wagon....

Apparently, Ryan can't put his lacrosse stick
down for anything

After careful consideration (read: taking
20 minutes), Ethan decided this was
his pumpkin

Still pulling the wagon....and with a
smile even!

Weighing the pumpkins

Posing in front of the hay bales

A scarecrow, perhaps?

And, maybe a crow?

"AAAHHHHHH! IT'S A SCARECROW!!!!