Mr. Pumpkin

The theme in my group this week at work was pumpkins. I had had the kids all bring their own pumpkins and mid-week I gave them paints and brushes and let them have at it. Friday, we carved our biggest pumpkin and I let those who were brave enough play with the pumpkin's innards. Carving a pumpkin with 8 3 year olds standing around you is kind of nerve-wracking, especially when they start trying to touch the pumpkin, but we were all very excited about our classic Jack 'O Lantern and an afternoon photo session ensued :-)






I started by calling them over 1 or 2 at a time, but eventually everyone wanted to get in on the action and so chaos ensued for a while. Funny how 2 and 3 year olds don't understand the concept of walking in front of the camera.... :-)





























I would like this shot even more if it wasn't blurry....













































































Sam came to visit for a couple days this week. She started with us as an infant 7 years ago and is now in 1st grade! How the time has flown by! And Miss Sam is turning out to be a pretty neat kid :-)













Sam with baby sister Emerson. Em is Sammie's twin, 6 years later. While the little lady is the spittin' image of her older sister, her personality is a lot more fiery than Sam's. This was the only shot I got of the two of them together where Em wasn't a blur of movement :-D