Halloween's fast approaching!!

Halloween is just a few days away and the kids can not wait till it gets here. Or at least, the girls are extremely excited. Gabryle I am not for sure if he realizes yet what Halloween is. As of right now he just knows he has a costume in his closet that is hanging up waiting to be worn.
We carved our pumpkins yesterday and Gabryle had a BLAST getting to take out the seeds from the pumpkins. He was able to get all dirty in the house and didn't get in trouble for it! Even after the pumpkins were empty from their seeds and all carved out he thought it was still fun to take the top off and "act" like he was still getting stuff out of it. He had a plastic spoon and sat down with a cup and the pumpkins on the table and had fun. The girls helped a little taking out the seeds, but they weren't as into it as Gabryle. I've included pictures below!
This year, Mackenzie has decided she will be a cheerleader. That was a little shock to me, but hey, it's her choice. She already has a cheerleader outfit in her closet that she just has gotten to be in the size it is. She is excited she'll get to FINALLY wear it. She plans on having her hair in two braids and using the barrettes I made for her in their school colors. It also turns out great that the uniform is in their school colors, red and white.
Kylie is going to be a Cowgirl Pop star. She has a pink hat, a top with a horse on it, a skirt that is full and knee length and of course her pink cowgirl boots. She loves the outfit and it looks absolutely adorable on her. She at first wanted to be the red cowgirl that she saw at Wal-Mart cause that is what Miranda, one of her best friends is going to be, but was glad in the end with the pink one instead. Now she says she can be unique.
Gabryle will be a robot. He found the outfit at Wal-Mart when it first came out and fell in love with it! He goes around the house calling it "bobot" instead of robot, but it's still cute. He was so proud when he tried it on and it fit, after going and exchanging for a larger size.
Mackenzie already has our plans laid out for going to trick or treat Wednesday, and luckily her plans are also what we had in mind anyway for trick or treating this year. Kylie hopes we get to stop by her teacher's house from pre-k, which we most likely will. She also wants to try and stop by her teachers house from this year, but however since I have NO clue where she lives, we might not make her house. I'll post pictures Wednesday after they are all dressed up. Hope everyone has a safe and happy Halloween!!!

Pumpkins!!!!

Gabryle with the girls pumpkins

 The girls got to take their school field trips to the pumpkin patch today and had a lot of fun. They were there at different times so they didn't get to hang out but I think they still enjoyed it.

Mackenzie's class, along with the other five second grade classes went from 8:30 to 11:00. They got to go on the hayrides, the little animal petting area and of course the pumpkin area. She was not thrilled with the hayride apparently though. All the way walking from the bus stop I heard "Mom it's not a hayride if they do not put the hay on the trailer. It's just a trailer ride then. Not a hayride! If you want it to be a hayride they should have put the hay on the trailer." (thank you captain obvious!) Besides that she had a good time. She said she picked out a nice sized pumpkin that will be great for either carving or painting, and is almost perfect.

 Kylie's class went from 11:00-2:00 and got to eat lunch at the patch also. She did all the other things that Mackenzie's class did. She liked the bouncy house and went through the maze that they had. She loved how they had a big round bale of hay and built it into a slide. I think that was her favorite thing today that she got to do. When she picked out her pumpkin she found the smallest one she could find. I asked her why she did that and she said because she is the smallest kid in kindergarten, so she wanted to find the smallest pumpkin she could find. I think it's rather cute. She plans as of right now to just paint her pumpkin.

We'll go soon and get Gabryle his own pumpkin and then get the kids yearly pumpkin pictures taken that I do every year for them during this time of the year. When I get those done I will post them for you!!! Hope you enjoy they pictures I posted!!!

Till Next Time!!!!

Look Mom I can pick up Mackenzie's!!

Mackenzie and Kylie's pumpkins.

Update on Kylie's Pumpkins

So, it has been almost 3 weeks since I told you about Kylie's pumpkins. I am here to tell you that they are STILL growing and thriving! These two pictures were taken a few days ago, and as you can see they have not stopped growing yet.

They have grown a good two inches since the last time I wrote and have put on quite a few leaves. A lot of small leave buds are almost to open also on both of the stems. The stems are strong and seem very resilient.

We still have not added dirt to the cup, or put them into a pot. I do not give it any type of fertilizer or nutrients. I honestly did not think they would survive this long. They have survived me over watering them, and being dried out once. So how is it that I can keep a pumpkin alive, but not a cactus or flower or ivy plant?  I suppose we will go buy a pot and soil soon so we can transplant it soon. Of course the roots are all embedded in the paper towels so it will be interesting to see if we can get them worked out of the paper towels.

Kylie is glad her pumpkin is still growing. I can see her wanting to take it for show and tell next month when it is her day to do show and tell. It's fun watching her go check it every few days to see how it is going. She told me that she keeps watching for the flower to come so that there will be a pumpkin and then we can make another jack-o-lantern or maybe a pie. I'll update on the pumpkin again in a few weeks with new pictures.

Till Next Time!!

Kylie's Pumpkins

Kylie's Pumpkin

So, before Halloween Kylie's class got to carve a pumpkin actually in class. After they carved it that evening her teacher cleaned off enough seeds from the pumpkin so each child could take a couple home with them to do what ever their parents allow them to do with the seeds. Kylie decided she wanted to try and grow the pumpkins so we can have all we want to make many more jack-o-lanterns. I warned Kylie that I am not great with growing plants, but that doesn't matter to her. She was determined we will grow these pumpkins.

So I got one of our clear plastic cups, put a couple of paper towels in it then stuck one seed on one side and one on the other side. We watered the paper towel/seed combo and stuck it in the window sill. A week later we had one of the seeds start to sprout! Kylie was thrilled when she saw that the seeds had started to grow! Her seeds have been growing now for about 2 weeks and are about 6 inches tall now. She loves seeing how much they have grown!

Kylie's pumpkin

 What I am surprised about, is how We have been able to grow these pumpkin seeds, with no dirt, over watered and they are thriving! I am not a gardener by any means! I have tried to grow flowers, we've tried vegetables, and I have even tried cactus and I can't grow anything!! I have literally kissed cactus's, and I only watered them once!  Maybe it's Kylie's determination to grow these pumpkins, but I'm shocked that they have not died yet. I think I am surprised most about it, because we haven't put any dirt in the cup. She's happy with them, so that's all we can ask for. If they die before we replant them somewhere not to sure what we will do, but I'm sure she will be okay with it. Hopefully they don't thought!!!

My Kylie!

                      Till Next Time!!!