Guest Blogging...

Today I am guest blogging over on my husband's blog...

my husband is the Children's Pastor at our church and has a blog for children and families called Redding First Families

...if you're used to reading my blog it's a different tone over there,

I asked him if I could write a blog about Easter, Death, the Crucifixion and our Children

so if you'd like to read my opinion on how, what, why about talking with our young children about this subject please head on over...
thanks....

Pumpkin Time

we had our first family pumpkin carving tonight...

we did it once when Madison was young...

pre Wilson...

and then it was too much with the baby...

and then Beau and I went to a few pumpkin carving parties (no kids) and came home with the pumpkins carved so no need to carve with the kids...

but we put it off long enough, it was time...

anyways...we had fun...

or maybe I should say the kids and I had fun...

and now I remember why we haven't done this as a family...

saying that carving pumpkins is not Beau's thing, well, that's an understatement!

my pumpkin...any guesses what I'm going to carve?

she is having a blast with pumpkin guts

and yes pumpkin carving is a pants optional event in our household!

both kids drew their creations onto the pumpkin with washable markers...
and then Beau and I had the task of 'translating' the image from kid art to carve-able pumpkin image...

Wilson guiding Beau on how to carve the face of the bat...he kept saying, 

"well, that looks alright dad"...

maybe one of the reason's Beau doesn't like this family activity!

  

Beau trying to figure out what I'm carving!

the kids with their creations...

all three of them... "Fright" the bat, "Squeaks" the mouse, and "Sleepy" the Owl

all a-glow!