Halloween Extravaganza

For those of you who are unaware, I go a little nuts over the holidays. The end of September approaches and I begin organizing weekend activities and planning food and treats and decorations (housework and other such responsibilities be darned). This year I decided to try planning daily Halloween activities for Luke, something I have dreamed of doing since I was little and my mom dyed our milk green one St. Patricks' Day. 

Some of the activities, like the finger puppets I painstakingly sewed from the book Five Little Pumpkins, have been duds. Others, like our jello googly eye blobs, were wildly successful.

Honestly, who doesn't love gooified sugar?

 Other successes:
Pom pom pumpkin patch with ice cream scoop

and his monster, the *only* stuffed animal he is allowed to color on.

When all else fails, a Halloween song off of Youtube is sure to do the trick. 

Chopstick Lessons

So far surprisingly successful!

To Autumn

Dear Fall,

We miss you. It is so darn hot here. Every time we see pictures of changing leaves and apple orchards it makes us long for colder days. We feel like the only sane people as we listen to people talk about how nice it is outside and how beautiful the weather is.

The news is constantly announcing how a "cold front" is moving in, and we wait for temperatures to drop, only to be disappointed when they hover around 75 degrees. We see people outside in jackets and long sleeves (even puffy coats and scarves!) and wonder what they're doing as we walk around comfortably in shorts and flip-flops.

*sigh* Here's to the days when we don't have to turn on our air conditioning.

All our love,

The Youngs