Halloween Wraps Up, but War Wounds Remain

We finally carved our pumpkins last Thursday night. Last year after Halloween I found some electric carving knives for pumpkins on clearance, so our work was a little more refined this year. Fred and I do a pumpkin and then Jacob draws the faces on the rest and we carve them out - you may not be able to tell which is which, none of us are too artistic. Gavin had very little interest in the drawing or the carving of the pumpkins. I was crowned the best pumpkin cleaner when it came to cleaning out the guts.

Jacob watching as Fred carves a pumpkin, that's Fred's pumpkin to the right.

The boys with the finished work. Fred's is to the far left, mine to the far right. Jacob drew the faces for the two biggest pumpkins and Fred carved RIP on the pumpkin that Gavin doodled on.

On Friday the Jacob didn't have school and our MOMS Club had their Halloween Party at the community center. There were games, crafts, and lots of food.

Gavin and Jacob with friend Kyle (Tony Stewart) and Avery (cupcake)

Here is Gavin's complete Batman costume. He decided about 20 minutes before the party that he didn't want to be Spiderman again and we had to make a quick costume change.

Fred took Jacob and Gavin trick or treating on Sunday night while I stayed home with Wyatt and handed out candy. They had a good time getting treats. Our street is just the right size for trick-or-treating, but we do have too much candy. Yikes! Good thing I got rid of all but a few pieces of the candy we had to hand out.

The weekend contained many wrestling matches between Jacob and Gavin despite our threats not to take them trick-or-treating. One said wrestling match ended when Gavin clamped onto Jacob's cheek, leaving a nice mark. You would think Jacob would quit sparring with Gavin, since he always seems to "lose", meaning he is always bruised or scratched, but it does not deter him.

Bitten.

Wyatt was a monkey for our church and MOMS Club parties, the feet of his costume said "cheeky monkey" which you can see is fitting. Look at those cheeks! Wyatt turned 1 month old last Friday. He doesn't have a Dr appointment until December though and it'll be really interesting to see how big he is then.

Wyatt