Party & Pumpkins

We got to go to Daddy's work Halloween party on Monday night. Aubrey was thrilled once again to get to go to a party. While we were getting ready to go, I had to go in the garage to get something. Aubrey heard the door open and came running down the hall saying, "Where are you going Mommy." I told her that I was just getting something from the garage. She then said, "If you went bye bye and I was here by myself, that would be sad." Too cute! She thought I was going to leave her.

This is what Jeff calls her excited face. She was running down the hall trying to find the party!

Aubrey is a little afraid of witches. So daddy had to hold her to pin the nose on the witch. It's funny that she's not afraid of daddy's skulls & monsters (well most of the time) but she is afraid of witches, go figure!

Loved doing the cake walk. Did it over and over again.

The bean bag toss is also another of Aubrey's favorites.

Brooke was having a ball just watching everyone. I put her purse on her lap, so that she could play with it. She ended up getting her purse straps around her arm all by herself.

Brooke wanted to join in on the fun too!

Brooke was all pooped out after all that stimulation!

Jeff & I carved some fake pumpkins a few years back so that we could use them year after year. After Aubrey was born, I got a little one and carved a baby one for her. This year when we got them out, Aubrey saw the baby one and said that it was a baby Brooke pumpkin. She wondered where hers was. So, I told her that I would carve an Aubrey size one. Monday night I carved a medium sized pumpkin for her. She was so excited. She wanted to have a picture taken with it.

We still do the traditional real pumpkin carving. We did that on Tuesday night. Aubrey had a blast with that too. When she woke up from her nap I told her that when daddy came home we would carve Jack-O-Lanterns. As soon as he came home she ran up to daddy, grabbed his hand and said, "Let's go make faces on the pumpkins daddy."

Jeff did the dirty work - cleaning them out!

Brooke was quite intrigued with the whole process. She kept grabbing at the pumpkins.

Before we began, I drew some pictures of eyes, noses and mouths. Then I had Aubrey choose which features she wanted for our Pumpkins. I then drew the ones she chose on the first pumpkin. She saw me do that and insisted on drawing a face on the other pumpkin.

Brooke watching in interest as the carving began.

As you can see from Aubrey's face, she thought the whole thing was so much fun!

Just watching us carve was not good enough for Aubrey. "I want to do it myself too" she said.

Helping Daddy carve!

After she helped daddy she said, "Mommy sit closer so I can help you too." As you can see in the picture below, Brooke wanted to help also!

My cuties with the completed Jack O Lanterns

The whole fam having fun together!

We thought we'd light up all of the fake ones as well.

Here they all are - Both Aubrey and Brooke loved to see the table full of glowing Jack O Lantern's.

It snowed yesterday. I was not so thrilled - but Aubrey thought it was so much fun. It was pretty cold, so I only let her play for a few minutes. I don't know where she learned this, but she immediately stuck out her tongue and started running around trying to catch the flakes on her tongue.

I love watching Aubrey use her imagination and creativity. Yesterday she was "helping" me fold laundry. When the basket was empty she looked at it and excitedly said, "Mommy this can be a tubby for my animals." She than proceeded to fill it up with her stuffed animals and than one by one washed their hair. Oh to be two and find so much joy in an empty laundry basket!