When it rains...it pours

DAY 11: Wednesday, October 28, 2009

With rain in the forecast for the second day in a row, we started the day with a strong contingency plan. Having gathered pumpkins at Union Square on Friday and purchased paints from Duane Reade on Saturday, Tucker and I spent the entirety of Henry's morning nap decorating our pumpkin family. Initially, we planned on painting each one to resemble one of the five of us, including our sweet dog Charlie who's staying at Camp Slagle with GP and Papa, but after Tucker threw one of the family members across the room as if it was a ball, we changed our plan. One pumpkin became a traditional Jack-o-lantern; another became a patriotic pumpkin; the third became a lesson in combining blue and yellow to make green; the next one became a lesson in combining blue and red to make purple; and last but not least, Tucker's pumpkin became a scary, scary, scary pumpkin. Check it out below:

When Henry woke up, the pumpkins were finished, so we found great joy in having a picnic lunch indoors. Tucker sported Thomas the Train underpants. Henry had on his skeleton shirt in the Halloween holiday spirit.

After lunch, we were on to the thrill of turning the furnace fan on high and laughing at the funky flip hairdos it created...Then, we played a little more before afternoon naps and quick walk around the block...at long last.