We had quite the busy day yesterday! Reagan helped me decorate the front porch, we carved pumpkins, and went trick or treating! We decided to do our trick-or-treating at the mall this year where there's plenty of light and it would be safer for the kids to walk or run around. lol Reagan had a good time, and chose to enter a costume contest. She didn't win, but had a lot of fun doing it, and when we talked about it later she told me "enjoy the game," which is from a Super Why episode. Today she insisted on watching that episode. lol Last weekend when we went to the Prescott fall festival she was in a costume contest as well, and had a blast. She won 1st place for her age category for Funniest Costume dressed in a home-made costume as Cleo the dog from Clifford the Big Red Dog. She won a huge prize package, and thought it was the best thing ever! I was minorly disappointed that she didn't win best home-made costume... but I really thought the other 2 entries were better anyway. lol
The only descent picture I got of Adam in his costume, was of the kids together when they were competing for best family costume in the contest: Clifford and Cleo.
We were so rushed, we ended up forgetting Adams costume at home when we went to the mall.. luckily he was wearing his jack o'lantern shirt, so he still looked kinda dressed up. Other notable things from the evening.. when we ran out of candy, and 2 more trick-or-treaters came to our house, Rob and I were about to send them away and Reagan said wait! and gave each a piece of candy out of her own bucket. We were so proud of her!!! We also shared some yummy worm cups! (Reagan made them for daddy to take to work to share with his friends, but we just had to keep a couple for some spooktacular snacking.) Last week at the festival Reagan won a cake in the coffin cake walk that we ended up sending most of to work too. She did an awesome job picking the lucky tombstone! And the same night we went to Oktoberfest at the Pub and she won a beer girl costume contest for her dirndl.. winning a $20 gift certificate, and a t-shirt for mommy! Sorry the picture of that is so bad.. I will make sure to get a better dirndl picture next time she wears it! Also last week at the festival Adam chose his own pumpkin! And also while we were there, Reagan went on her first pony ride! Now to the pictures!!!!!
Trick-or-treating at the mall.
Pub contest.. Reagan decided she was shy, and our friend Ashley had to hold her.
Adam picking his pumpkin... he doesn't look so happy in the picture... but he LOVES this pumpkin.
Reagan's first pony ride!!
Here are our beautiful pumpkins! Reagan designed the light right one herself! She told me what colors for which parts, and what shapes things should be, and I hammered them in. Then we did Adam's pumpkin with a Cinderella design... not that it looks like that.. but I tried! Anyway, Adam loves calling Cinderella on his sister's princess cell phone, so Reagan decided that would be a good idea for his pumpkin. lol
Speaking of pumpkins... We carved our pumpkins just before trick or treating, and refrigerated them right after so that we could bake them and remove all the yummy pumpkin insides to eat! We're trying to make our pumpkins go the distance this year- jack o'lanterns, toasted seeds, and what to do with all the rest!? One of the recipes we're anxious to try is Pumpkin Soup! I'll post a comment if and when we make it to let everyone know how it's turned out.. but it sure sounds yummy!
Pumpkin Soup
2T butter
1/2c chopped onion
4c chicken stock
1/4t ground ginger
1/4t ground nutmeg
3c cooked pumpkin pulp (canned works too!)
corn chips
In a soup pot, melt the butter over medium heat on the stove. Saute the onion in it for 5 minutes. Add the stock, ginger, nutmeg, and pumpkin. Brig the mixture to a boil. Turn the heat down to low, and simmer the soup for 10 minutes until it is thick. Stir it every so often so that it doesn't stick to the pan and burn. Serve with corn chips.
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