It's all harvest parties all the time now. Friday night we were at Woodstock Elementary, jammed into the cafeteria, the gymnasium, and the hallway in between with what seemed like about ten thousand costumed kids and twice as many adults, some gamely costumed, some dressed as overheated, overly-tired parents -- one of the scariest sites of the holiday season. The kids had a good time with activities like cupcake decorating (and eating!), games like the beanbag toss, various crafts, and just running wild in the normally constrained environment of school. I remember as a child the magical feeling of being in the school after hours (for, say, a parent-teacher conference).
The next morning it was Harvest Party #2 at Suzanne's pre-school. That was more mellow, and so for me more fun. Barb even dressed up as a witch!
That evening we went to Aaron and Wendy's for dinner and pumpkin carving.
And this is just the beginning of the Holiday Season!
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| Elizabeth and Lily scooping out pumpkin guts. |
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| Suzanne drew a face on her pumpkin and then, with a little help from her mama, carved it exactly. It turned out great! |
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| The finished products: top to bottom that's Elizabeth's, mine, and Suzanne's. The mini-pumpkin was carved by Aaron. |
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| Here she is in costume, with the product of the cupcake-decorating craft at the Woodstock harvest fest. Check out that mountain of sprinkles! Truly we are in Sugar Season. Elizabeth is dressed as a sorceress, but due to the jungle heat in the school, she already shed some elements of the costume. |
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| Suzanne in her sitting spot in a tree at her pre-school. She is dressed as an ant, if you couldn't tell by the extra set of limbs. |
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| Witch, ant, and sorceress at Suzanne's preschool. |
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| Suzanne getting her face painted at the Woodstock Harvest Fest. |
