Happy Halloween

We had high hopes this year for trick or treating. Nana made Greta a fabulous witch costume complete with cape, hat, and tutu. Greta wore the entire get-up for exactly three minutes, and during that time she was at school and I was not there with my camera. Suffice it to say, that while she normally loves dress up - - Greta was not into her costume this year. Or maybe she just didn't like being a witch. At any rate, one thing that she did LOVE about Halloween this year was a trip to a farm with our friends the Formans and Cumbuses. Here we are on the tractor ride out to the farm. Look at all the pumpkins! ("Puh-kin, Mama!")

(Yes, I realize that I dressed her in double denim and that we don't live in Texas, but I have yet to buy a winter coat for her, so this was our only option . . . . The style gods are angry, I know.)

Greta's Grandaddy would be proud - - she loved the John Deere! And, oddly, the giant vat of corn. Like a Redneck Ball Crawl! She kept saying, "Pah-corn!" About a week after this, I was dressing her and when I took the boots she wore that day off the shelf, ten or more little corn kernels fell out of them.

The kids had fun in there. . .

And so did the dads.

After the corn festivities, the three got lost in this tunnel.

And then picked some pumpkins.

Here's a good one! Then on to see the pigs and the chickens!

Finally, we landed for the afternoon at Kevin and Katie's house. The guys carved up the pumpkins as the tots looked on. Carey decided a dremel would be a good carving tool.

Kevin stuck to more tradition methods.

And Paul worked a little Sparty magic on his puh-kin.

All lit up! My favorite is the one second from the right. A little ticked-off pumpkin with a long snout. Maybe next year G will wear her witch costume and will be excited to go trick or treating. This year, as on most weekends, we just had fun with our friends. Happy Halloween!