Sunday was family day in the Mathews household, and we decided to autumn it up at the Nature Center's Harvest Festival. Except for the fact that it was 80 degrees outside, it was a perfect fall day. (Sidebar: GLOBAL WARMING IS NOT A MYTH.) First, we stopped at the pond to visit the geese.
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| Can you believe places like this exist in the city? And only a couple miles from our place too. Beautiful. |
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| Don't you love their little matching potbellies? |
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Next, we wandered through various booths before hitting the scarecrow-making area.
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| Sophie got into the whole scarecrow thing right away. |
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| Emma wasn't lovin' the hay at first. |
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| But soon, she jumped right in. Yay! Hay pile! |
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| And eventually, with a lot of help from Daddy...ta da! Our very odd-looking scarecrow. |
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Finally, we headed back home for some old-fashioned pumpkin carving. Chris was so excited to share this project with the girls. He had his professional carving instruments at the ready and found the perfect jack-o-lantern face on the internet. But our little princesses didn't react exactly as he had hoped.
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| At first, they were intrigued... |
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| ...but after a close-up view of pumpkin guts, they were done. |
Poor Chris. His dreams of Daddy-daughters pumpkin bonding evaporated into thin air. He persevered and finished the project alone while the girls cowered on the couch and watched him warily. And the final product? Pretty freakin' cool.
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| Seriously...shouldn't Chris be a professional? I wish our camera could have caught how cool it looks with the flashing bulb inside, but sadly, technology failed me. Or else I just don't know how to work my camera. Nah...I blame technology. |
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Later that evening, I almost tripped over this adorable sight.
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| Sophie's baby Jill and Emma's Baby Doll, snuggling side by side. |
I don't know which girl took such loving care of their babies, but it could have been either one. They both dote on them. Somehow I've ended up raising major girly-girls...leery of dirty, slimy things like hay and gourd guts, but apparently awesome mommies-in-the-making. Not sure how this happened, but I do know one thing - my women studies professor from college would be so appalled.
2 comments:
that jack o lantern is sweet!
Awesome jack-o-lantern!
Glad you enjoyed the festival. We thought about going but couldn't fit it into the schedule. I only just recently became aware of the nature center, looking forward to visiting sometime.
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