Busy Sunday

Grandma Nan sent a Halloween box a little while ago. The kids LOVED the treats and small toys! Also included was a sugar cookie kit. I thought it was adorable! Yesterday after pancakes and dishes it was time to make them!

Natalie cracking an egg.

I was impressed with her skills! She didn't break the yoke or get any shells in the bowl!

Ethan on the other hand jabbed his thumb in and got shells everywhere! I think he needs a little more practice! :-)

Pouring the cookie mix in.

And adding the butter.

All mixed and wrapped up! Ready to be chilled for at least 30 min...or in our case several hours while we carved pumpkins!

After carving pumpkins we kneaded and rolled the dough so we could use that cute ghost cookie cutter! I didn't think about frosting, so we made snicker doodles (adding cinnamon sugar to the top). mmmmm

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On to pumpkin carving! The kids were extremely excited about this! What kid isn't?! It seems that every year they forget about doing it the previous year! I find it entertaining, although I also forget how long it takes!

Roby was game and pulled out the big knife to cut the tops off!

I love those faces! Probably the only time I whole heartedly encourage them to get really messy! (I did tell Ethan to jump in puddles a few weeks ago when it was raining! He was soaked and having a great time!!! :-) Wish I had pictures of that!)

Cutting Nat's

I think she was more intrigued by what was inside than by the actual carving process!

Look at her face!!!

Now she's into it!

Slimy hands!

Still going long after Natalie's was done. He didn't seem to mind too much!

Nat wanted to use a pattern and have some help instead of drawing her own. She watched intently for awhile (before getting really bored!).

We had to talk Ethan down from an Expert pattern to a Moderate one so that he could do most of it himself. This is the first year he carved his own pumpkin! (With just a little help from me.)

Watching Dad to get the technique down.

Getting the last pieces out.

I love the concentration!

While Ethan was still working on his, Natalie got a few dress-up things on and started drawing at the table. She loves to write and draw! In this picture she was sounding out "from" (correctly!). She is amazing me with her new found ability to do this!

CHEESE!!!!!

By the time we ate dinner and did bed time things, I completely forgot to take pictures of the finished pumpkins! I'm such a bad mom! :-) Those will have to wait until tonight!

The kids had a good day, and I was quite tired by the end of it! :-) Natalie stayed home from school today because both her and I have head colds. Ugh Hopefully we will be better tomorrow instead of worse so we can have a fun Halloween!!!