Halloween is here

The Skurski household has been buzzing with Halloween festivities. Carmen has enjoyed decorating the windows with stickers and clings, baking cookies, making a trip to the pumpkin patch, carving Jack-o-Lanterns, eating treats, going to a costume parade and Fall Festival, shaking her pom poms and practicing saying "go, go, go."  She wasn't so sure about her costume at first but once it's on, she doesn't want to take it off. 

Here are a few pictures commemorating this year's Halloween festivities.

Baking Cookies: 
Carmen was very enthusiastic about rolling out the dough, playing with the flour and using the cookie cutters.  Funny, the novelty of these activities wore off in a few minutes compared to her enthusiasm for eating the sprinkles when it was time to decorate, which she ate one at a time out of a bowl.

 

 

The Farm:
We made another trip to The Farm this year to pick out the perfect pumpkins.  Carmen went right to work selecting her pumpkin from the sea of orange and also helped pick one out for Max.  She enjoyed looking at the animals but made a funny face when she discovered what an actual sheep looked like--not quite as cute and cuddly as Lamby.  She then got to see a Llama stick it's tongue out at her and was impressed with all of the roosters.  One trip down the slide at the playground and a quick turn 'driving' the tractor and she was ready to retire back to the car with her kettle corn treat.   Max was a trooper during the day's festivities and slept through the entire event.

Happy, Happy:
Dad and Carmen carved pumpkins or Happy, Happy's as Carmen calls them due their smiling faces.  She preferred to let Daddy do the dirty work and wasn't into getting her hands dirty and scooping out the guts...maybe next year.  She did want to help draw the face on (aka color on the pumpkin like it was a piece of paper) and was excited to see the pumpkin face light up once the project was complete.

Costume Fun:
Carmen got to strut her stuff in her Husky cheerleader uniform along with her friends as she attended a Halloween party.  Other notable costumes included an appearance by Captain America, an oh so adorable Love Bug and the cutest Raccoon you've ever seen.  Max dawned his best Husky outfit in support of his sister and proceeded to snooze through the fun, opening his eyes only a few times to check out his surroundings.

Fall Festival:
Carmen's daycare threw a Fall Festival where the kids dressed up in their costumes and practiced their trick-or-treating at the offices in the building.  She got good practice for the real event and was proudly caring her 'pumpkin purse' to collect all of her goodies.