All About Me

It was Ty's turn to be spotlighted at preschool this week. We made a poster of some of the things he likes to do. His poster gets to hang on the wall in his class. He was pretty excited about taking it to his class for the other kids to see.

Some of the things he likes to do are; jumping on the trampoline, playing in the sandbox and catching bugs or anything that slithers through the yard. He also likes going hunting and riding the horse with dad. His favorite color is green and his favorite food is a peanut butter and honey sandwich.

Why Carve Pumpkins?

The story of the Jack o'Lantern comes from Irish folklore. Jack was a crafty farmer who tricked the Devil into climbing a tall tree. When the Devil reached the highest branch, Jack carved a large cross in the trunk, making it impossible for the Devil to climb down. In exchange for help getting out of the tree, the Devil promised never to tempt Jack with evil again. When Jack died, he was turned away from Heaven for his sins and turned away from Hell because of his trickery. Condemned to wander the Earth without rest, Jack carved out one of his turnips, took an ember from the devil, and used it for a lantern to light his way. He became known as "Jack of the Lantern."

Ty brought the pumpkins back to the porch for carving.

He has been playing with them in the yard this week. Melinda

and Brenda came to our house to carve pumpkins with us.

Ty & McKinlee

McKinlee & Ty with the finished pumpkins.

They turned out pretty cute. Brenda carved the Evil Queen

(of course) and Nemo. Melinda carved Lightning McQueen

and I carved Mickey Mouse.

Picking the Perfect Pumpkin

Ty and McKinlee had fun picking out pumpkins in the pumpkin patch. We went to the Red Barn last Saturday and took a wagon ride to the patch. There were lots of pumpkins to choose from, it was fun to see them playing out in the field with all the pumpkins.

Darren's Elk

Darren shot this elk yesterday. Ty thinks it is pretty cool, McKinlee was not quite so sure about it. Good shot Darren.

Cornbelly's

We took the kids to Cornbelly's at Thanksgiving Point a few weeks ago. There was lots of fun activities for the kids. We went on a bumpy wagon ride through the pumpkin patch and one of the workers thought that Darren was supposed to be our tractor driver...It was funny. The kids (and Darren) rode the cow train. Ty had a blast and did not want to leave, we may end up going again.

Ty and Princess Penelope

McKinlee took her turn at roping.

Ty loved the slides.

The cow train.