Once we picked our perfect pumpkins at the Pumpkin Patch, we headed to our house to get ready for our Pumpkin Carving Party! (hence the same clothes as last post LOL)

Last year we had a pumpkin carving contest, and we had so much fun we decided to make it a tradition.

Everyone brought a dish. Our friend Pearlie made these super cute ghose brownies. They were so good – just ask Harley to took the last 4 :/

Before we started carving, we let the kids paint their own pumpkins they brought. Everyone brought a little pumpkin, and I bought finger paint and sponge brushes for the kids to decorate. I put down some cardboard boxes on the grass and let the kids go! They had a BLAST.

The finished products came out so cute!! They did an awesome job. Kennedy is already asking if we can do this again next year.

Don’t worry, Baby Cohen, you will get one next year! (By the way: look at Aunt Jill’s new bling on that finger!)

Now that the kids were done, it was time for the adults to have some fun. Let the carving contest begin!

Addison Kate is the oldest of the kids, so she decided that she would carve a pumpkin all on her own. She did awesome.

Laurie and Henry with their finished product!

Addison Kate with her cute little pumpkin she carved all by herself!

Seth and I were so proud of our pumpkin – little ET. Maybe I’m a little biased, but I believe he was the cutest :)

So what’s a contest without any judges? My mom and dad (and friends) stayed away until everyone was finished so they could judge the cutest pumpkin, the most original, and the overall winner.

Here is the Most Original winner – scary werewolf monster thing. Dlo did an awesome job and took the title for the second year.

Here was the Cutest winner – three pumpkins. Pearlie also took her title for the second year.

The overall winner went to Addison with her classic Jack-o-lantern! She deserved it :)

Here are the rest of our pumpkins – the honorable mentions!

And here he is… my husband and I’s masterpiece. The judges had no heart for this adorable little guy :)

It was a fun night and the kids had a blast – can’t wait to do it again next year!

This weekend was full of Halloween fun! We planned our annual Pumpkin Carving Contest for Friday, so we needed to pick out some pretty pumpkins to carve! After my mom and I picked the girls up from school, we headed to the local pumpkin patch for some fun. Of course I had to change them into their festive matching clothing ;)

They were so cute walking in…just holding hands and being so sweet.

Our first stop was the photo stand prop thing (what are these called anyway?)

The girls had fun picking out the biggest, smallest, heaviest pumpkins they could find!

I just love having our pumpkin patch tradition! Here are some pictures from previous years:

We then went take pictures next to the beautifully decorated gazebo. They loved the scarecrows!

Here’s some pictures from previous years! My babies were so little!

The “haunted house” was next! Jules loved the big skeleton, and Kennedy liked the scary face in the mirror. “But Momma, I know it’s just pretend.”

We walked around the grounds where the girls found an alligator and deer! They rode the deer like a horse and were saying, “yee haw!!”

Kennedy and her class recently read “Spookley the Square Pumpkin” and she talks about the book always. Nana taped the movie at her house, so the girls love to watch the show also. At the pumpkin patch, they found Spookley and took a picture. I told them I would work my magic to make him look just like the real one. He turned out great :)

When it was time to leave, Nana found two extra cute pumpkins for the wheelbarrow. They rode like this to the car!

Perfect afternoon before we headed to our Pumpkin Carving and Decorating Contest! Post to come soon :)