Pumpkin Painting

I'm not a huge Halloween fan, I'll be the first to admit that. I really would be ok skipping right over Halloween and into Thanksgiving but....with kids that's just not possible.

Instead of carving pumpkins (which again, not my favorite thing) we opted for painting pumpkins and the kids were just as happy, if not happier.  They each took their time to create their masterpiece. Annie painted a little here and a  little there and mostly covered her body (which she did not like so much) She can't stand to have dirty hands.  Once the kids were done we decided it was time to paint my pumpkin.  I've never been pregnant (I take that back, HUGE pregnant) so close to Halloween.  At first they thought it was weird to be painting me but they soon got over that and went to town and did a great job!

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We have been finally getting some rain around here. A little late for our hay fields but it is appreciated non the less.  Annie loves to be outside and rain definitely did not stop her.  She loved running (and sometimes falling, darn boots) around in the puddles and rain.  She of course was sad when it was time to go in. 

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After three years of staring at the hideous colors in our bedroom(red walls with yellow beadboard?? no thanks!) I like red and yellow together just not on huge walls! We finally decided it was time to paint, now we are wondering why we waited so long!! It's amazing what fresh paint and a little bit of furniture rearrangement can do!

Now the hard/fun part, decorating.  That will probably have to wait till after baby (which by the way, will take over our room in a matter of weeks!)

This last picture is of the little room just off to the side of our bedroom.  We figured we'd freshen it up as well and get rid of the dark wood paneling. It definitely brightened up the room!