Pumpkin Carving

Yesterday we had a fun family afternoon carving the pumpkins. Mike and Riley did their standard "princess potato head" pumpkin first. Riley loved using the drill to make the holes for her parts and it was funny because it looked like the pumpkin was crying when they put in the eyes. Payton just took all of the experiences in. She was a little under the weather, either because of her last molar working its way in or a cold, so she was not into getting her hands dirty....watch out next year though. Riley was very into cleaning the "guts" out of the carving pumpkin. She was in up past her elbows scooping out all the seeds and stuff and did an awesome job cleaning it out. Mike had fun carving it up as usual and it turned out awesome. I tried to take a picture of it but my flash went off and it looks like I had the lights on. Oh well, you get the idea of what it looks like.
Today Payton also played with playdoh for the first time. She was not totally into this either, but did not try to eat it so I guess that is a bonus. Riley cannot wait for her to enjoy doing these things that she loves. In the slideshow, there are also some pictures from a few weeks ago that just never made it onto the computer until now. Riley was sharing one of her favorite things...the laundry basket...with Payton. As Payton gets older Riley loves that they can do more things together, although is really starting to hate that Payton gets into all her things. And so it begins....

Riley is SUPER excited for Halloween tomorrow! At bedtime she said that she wished she could trick or treat first and then go to school:) She is looking forward to getting candy, as well as handing ours out. We will see how Payton does with the whole thing and I will try and get some pictures tomorrow.