Well….this one was a doozy.
Friday night started off with a Pumpkin Carving party at my neighbor’s house. The Pumpkin Carving seemed to be taking a back seat to adult conversation and hors d’evers early on in the evening. The girls, Grace and I decided to take it upon ourselves to get the real party started. Only one other person participated in the carving event.
The carving artistry begins:
We totally won.
The other adults were inside getting dressed up to go to a costume ball at the downtown Liberty Theatre. This is what they did while we scooped guts from gourds:
They are ridiculous, but good people. The bottom picture shows Adam and Jessica. Jessica is pregant – “has a bun in the oven” so to speak – therefore explaining Adam’s costume as the “Bun Maker”.
Saturday was glorious. Sunny and warm. A perfect day to go for a hike at Bradley Lake Park. We practiced walking softly but carrying a big stick. We got pretty good at it.
And then, as we sat down to eat our snack in the sunshine, a violent sword fight broke out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4ZTQg6UTWE
We decided to flee Nottingham forest for the safety (?) of the grassy knoll to practice our rolling skills. Here is the first attempt. Not too shabby.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zor9wvt-ctg
Here is the advanced version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI8Q-r2Fm2I
What talent! What grace!
On Sunday we spent the day with three sewing machines crowding my table. Maya and Grace made reusable shopping totes like the one below:
Sophie is just learning and whipped out a few Capri Sun placemats. There is nothing like a shiny, wipe-clean Capri Sun placemat.
I’m exhausted.
You’ve got to love those SCA folks: Adults who never stop playing dress up, damnnit! Every day is Halloween!
Most cool pumpkin carving. Of course you won. And when Rolling Down A Hill becomes and Olympic event? Lookout!
Oh that is SO COOL. I’ve never carved a pumpkin in my life. I reckon it’d be heaps fun
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Capri Sun placemats? That’s an incredibly cool idea.
As one who has sucessfully now completely BROKEN her sewing machine (in the midst of trying to finish a dadgum pirate shirt for HWe’en, I salute your adroitness with the sewing and all. Your girlz have skillz!
If you need additional place mat materials, holler. We currently have a boatload of drink containers.
What could you make out of the little plastic bottles?
Impressive. I am in awe of your pumpkin carving skills. I usually just stick to the gutting bit and let someone else do the creative part.
What a fantastic weekend. You should have a napper!
Me, too — I am the pumpkin-seed-collector and sometimes-gutter and the boys do the carving part. You all did a great job on the pumpkins, they looked amazing!!