Pumpkin fun

A lovely lady in our ward gave my children each a tiny little pumpkin. It was much too small to carve and I personally hate dealing with kids and painting. So this is what we did instead.

They make me smile. Too bad I seem to have missed Caleb's.Caleb put arms and ears and everything. Potato head pieces jammed in pumpkins is definitely better than painting, in my opinion.

Just look at that smile!

In his absence

Sometimes you have to have someone leave for a little while to really appreciate what they do for you.

 My eldest son is away on a 3 day environmental science field trip. I knew that he is my most responsible, reliable child. I figured getting things done would be a bit harder without him here.

I was not prepared to find  my children up a tree instead of getting ready for school since their older brother wasn't there to help keep them on task. Hmmm... they really do follow his example.

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The neighbor gave us two giant sunflower heads. Yesterday I finally boiled the seeds in salt water then baked them. They were pretty good, I baked them slightly too long, but everyone seemed very happy snacking on them. As I worked on paying bills this morning Phebe excitedly came to me," Look it is cereal mom!" She had put some whole seeds in a bowl and poured water all over them. Thanks Phebe, thanks, hope you enjoy eating it.