We had a lot of Halloween related things to do on Wednesday night. First, Makenna, Camden and I worked on a treat for Makenna's preschool class. We were making spiders out of crackers with peanut butter, then we stuck pretzels in for legs and then raisins for eyes. We made 7 of them (we needed to make 13) and then I realized something. Makenna's school is a peanut free school! We couldn't use these treats! Luckily Makenna understood and we will give the treats to our cousins.
Then, Christian and the kids carved a pumpkin. I really didn't have much help in the matter because I was hanging out with Delaney, but Makenna and Camden had lots of ideas for Daddy. They picked all the shapes and had to okay it before Daddy could begin cutting. Last year Makenna loved getting dirty and Camden refused to stick his hand inside. This year, Makenna took one seed out and wanted to run to the bathroom to wash her hands. She would have done this after every scoop if I'd let her. Camden took a while, but eventually he reached right in.
Makenna and Camden's criteria for a Jack-o-lantern:
Circle Eyes
Circle and Triangle Nose
VERY happy mouth
I think Christian did a very good job with these parameters. They were in a silly mood and the pumpkin ended up getting named,"icky poo" (Makenna is really into potty humor).
After the carving they kids watched Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin. This is another one of those shows that I watch now and can't see why we liked it so much back then. Times are just different I guess. The kids weren't overly impressed either.
After all this, they were ready for Halloween.
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