Owen is disgusting. He refuses to be fed most days, and must feed himself. Luckily the weather is warming up and he can eat naked outside some days. Seriously disgusting.
And so it’s not all about Owen all the time, here’s one of Jackson. I came home from a meeting today after church, and this is what I found. Nursery must’ve been pretty intense today, cause this never happens.
When I first saw carving pumpkins at the store here, I got really excited. I was planning to get a bunch, have some friends over and we would all have a great time carving pumpkins. I couldn’t wait to have a tiny bit of our American Halloween tradition here in Australia. The next time I went to the store, however, I saw the price tag. $20. Each. I seriously had to stop and recheck the price. Surely they didn’t mean $20 for each pumpkin. But they did. So I gave up my pumpkin party because I couldn’t imagine paying that much for one pumpkin.
Then last week my awesome (and very thoughtful) sister-in-law, Amy, called up and said she was bringing us a pumpkin. It was a wonderful surprise and I’m so grateful to know she was thinking of us. So the next night, Jackson picked out a stencil, the boys stayed up late and we carved our pumpkin. Jackson wouldn’t touch the inside guts, but had fun helping with everything else. Good times were had by all. Thanks again, Amy! We love you!
Cleaning out the guts
This is as much as Owen participated. Thankfully.
The finished product! I think it turned out great. Jackson was a little scared of it. Oops.
Australia Zoo had a great offer in August. If you went once in August, you got free admission for the rest of the year. We decided to go with Mum so we got the free passes. A couple of weeks ago, Sariah (Sam’s sister-in-law) invited us to go up with her and the kids. The boys loved having their cousins there. We all had a great time. Jackson and Tommy even got to do the pony ride for the first time. I thought Jackson would be scared, but he loved it!
