This year we teamed an older kid up with a younger kid to carve pumpkins.
Caden and Nolan were a team:
Maddie ended up being on her own,
because all her counter-part cared about doing was climbing all around on the top of the counter and trying to pose for pictures any time we pulled out the camera -something that he is really excited about right now, and always does like this:
True to age, Caden had WAY too much fun with their pumpkin - he was laughing and enjoying himself the whole time. In this picture, he told me to only take a picture of his finger wiggling in the pumpkins nose, but he was laughing so hard, and all I really wanted a picture of was him.:)
These were the final products, with L-R Caden and Nolan's pumpkin that Caden said was feeling pretty sick after it's intensive "labotomy", Kami and Isabelle's, which was artistically drawn onto the pumpkin by Kami, and Maddie's, sporting a traditional look. Everyone was very pleased with their creations. All day yesterday whenever Nolan heard a strange or gross sound he said, "That was our pumpkin!"
So fun! Love the teams, pairing kids together. I love how you love your kids getting older! It gives me hope because I've always dreaded the coming of teenage years, but you have so much fun with your older kids, and they're such good kids. I am seeing that you grow with your kids as they get older and can enjoy each stage along with them! Isn't that funny I'm just figuring this out. Thanks for your wonderful example! Your family seems like they all get along so well together. Kudos to you and Shawn. You are definitely doing it right!
ReplyDeleteThe Pumpkins are great! Caden cracks me up and so does Abram's poses.
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