The Horvath Family Blog: October 2009

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Wishing you a purr...fectly scary Halloween!

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Pumpkin Carving

Today I had parent teacher conferences and didn't have to be at work until 1pm. I decided we better carve our pumpkin before Halloween was over! We got out all the newspaper and tools and got to work. Maddy was really excited to carve the pumpkin...even though I don't think she knew what carve meant since she was hitting the side of the pumpkin with a spoon saying "carve, carve".

Once I cut the lid I had her pull it off. As you can see she didn't know how she felt about the contents of a pumpkin. I encouraged her to help me dig out the inside. She stuck her hand in and quickly pulled it out and said "It is to wet mommy". So she held a wooden spoon and watched as I dug all the insides out. She wanted to get them with the spoon but had a hard time.

We talked about what shapes she wanted for the face. She liked pulling the eyes out and then putting them back in like puzzle pieces. I had to convince her that a Jack-O-Lantern would not work with the pieces in. Our Jack-O-Lantern is a girl by the way and you will be quickly corrected if you refer to her as he!

After we were done carving we started on our Pirate pumpkin. She really liked this one and enjoyed picking which piece we would add next. I think he turned out pretty cute and Mad likes to get up at the table and talk to him and of course he says "argh".

Ghost Painting

"Mommy don't touch this paint it is very wet. Mommy it is very gooey. Don't get a Boo Boo by touching this paint. OK mommy, don't touch it I'm painting."

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Not So Haunted House

Tonight we headed to the Magic House for the Not So Haunted House. We had a lot of fun playing and seeing lots of characters and eating pizza.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Pumpkin Picking at Eckert's

Today we took our annual trip to Eckert's to pick out pumpkins. It started as a pretty chilly morning but once we got to the pumpkin patch it was really nice. Maddy was so excited to pick out her own pumpkin this year. I asked her what size pumpkin she wanted and she said "a little bitty one". As soon as the tractor dropped us off her and Logan went running. We walked up and down lots of rows looking for the perfect one. We also had to stop and look at every broken pumpkin. Whenever we would point out a pumpkin to Maddy she would look at it and say "not that one" and keep going. Finally we came across a mostly green pumpkin and she LOVED it and had to have it. She carried it part of the way and then handed it off so she could run! We grabbed a quick bite to eat at the restaurant and then headed home for nap.