Pumpkins and Mums and Babies, Oh My!

I know this title scared you half to death!  Well, maybe not...  but it fits the blog post nonetheless.  This year's Halloween has been oh so sweet and not so scary.  In fact, the scariest thing we have encountered, is this reversible sign on our front door.  

  

Gets us every time!  :)

I love decorating for Halloween!  It's such a fun time of year.  Here are a few photos of Halloween at our house...

Don't you just love the front porch decoration below!?

We love our Halloween bib...  

and our Alabama pumpkin!

This was Anna Scott's first Halloween, so we made sure it was eventful.  Not that she'll remember, but we will!  And she'll see pictures one day. Anna Scott and Owen visited the pumpkin patch last weekend...

On Thursday night, we went to the "Stars Fell on Alabama" festival...

Don't you just love fresh fruits and veggies (above)!?  So good! There were several farmer's market stands at the festival, and I was in heaven!   

On Friday night, we joined Aunt Allison and Uncle Alan for pumpkin carving fun!  

We enjoyed a chicken chili dinner beside the fire and s'mores for dessert.  Anna Scott was such a big helper.

She gathered the pumpkins for our family of three...

chose her pumpkin (the one without a stem)...

cut a hole out of the top...

scooped out all of the ooey gooey mess...

and helped daddy carve her first pumpkin!

Ta Da!!!!  Minnie Mouse!

She was so proud!

After the pumpkins had a been gutted, carved and lit, Anna Scott's work was done.  She missed out on the s'mores, but that's okay.  All this baby wanted was s'more sleep.  :)

 Our pumpkins...  

An Alabama "A"

A scream mask (adding a little scary to the sweetness)

and...   Minnie Mouse!

This evening, Anna Scott will wrap up her first Halloween with a stroll along a darling street in Edgewood that is closed and full of children.  The trick-or-treaters at our door will then be greeted by a sweet pumpkin and lots of candy!  :) 

We hope you have a BOO-tiful Halloween day and a SPOOK-tacular Halloween night!  Before we go, we want to share a special Halloween greeting with you.  I know they look so angry, but these are the sweetest little pumpkins in the patch!

We've Been BOO-ed!!!

It happened to us!  Will it happen to you?!  :)  We found this Halloween bucket on our doorstep Monday morning.  It was filled with the goodies below.  The paper inside read, "You've been BOO-ed!" and had a poem of instructions for us to follow.  Looks like the one who BOO-ed us knows we have a little baby inside.

We anxiously read the instructions...

"The phantom ghost has come to town

to leave some goodies, I see you've found.

If you wish to make this a happier Fall,

continue this greeting, this phantom call. 

First, post this phantom where it can be seen,

and leave it there until Halloween.

This will scare other phantoms who may visit.

Be sure to participate, you don't want to miss it!"

So, we posted the phantom on our door!

Thank goodness we are safe.  :)

Instructions continued...

"Second, make two treats and two copies from www.beenbooed.com.

Deliver them to two others and try to stay calm.

Don't let them see you, be sneaky, no doubt,

and make sure they put their phantom ghost out!

You have only one day to act, so be quick!

Leave it at doors where the phantom hasn't hit.

Deliver at dark, when there isn't much light.

Ring the doorbell and run, and stay out of sight!"

So, we followed the rules and made two treats...

When the treats were packed and nighttime had come, the three of us jumped in the car to deliver the goodies.  We drove to the houses we had chosen, and Scott parked the car out of sight.  I ran, sat the treats on the doorsteps, rang the doorbells, and hurried back to the car so that we could drive off without being seen.  And, just like that, our mission was accomplished.  We had successfully BOO-ed our friends!

"And last but not least, come join in the season.

Don't worry, be happy, you need no good reason.

This is all in good fun.  We're just trying to say...

Happy Halloween & Have a Great Day!" 

Scott and I can't believe how much we enjoyed being BOO-ed and BOO-ing others!  We were very entertained, and Anna Scott loves her new Halloween book and rattle!  So, thank you to our friendly BOO-ers, whomever you are!