Enjoying the everyday, every day.: Carnivals and Pumpkins

Friday

Corrie got pampered on Friday, she usually doesn't like baths so much, but with Jack by her side it wasn't so bad.

And then I got a show! It was a sort of modern dance performance, hard to describe but I think these pictures capture the essence of it.

Saturday:

Saturday we both slept in, it felt sooooo good! We spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon reading and lounging. After lunch, we ran some errands. I spent forever trying to find some toasted whole hazelnuts, but they didn't have hazelnuts in any form. :( Jack did find some delicious ice cream though!

I expected that, like a lot of food in the US, the term "Italian" would be used very loosly but guess what?

That's pretty legit.

Later that evening we went to the carnival thing. It was a really good time.

Sunday

This was actually a really good Sunday. Sundays happen to be my hardest day of the week. They usually start with me running around trying to get us ready for church and Jack not wanting to get ready. Then once we get to church my patience and creativity are put to the test as I try to keep a very energetic boy quiet and reverent during Sacrament. After Sacrament I fight with him to go to Sunbeams.

But not this Sunday! I was on top of my ironing so I didn't have to do that on Sunday morning and Jack was fully cooperative. Jack sat through all of Sacrament needing very few reminders and he Shared his toys with the baby behind us. I was able to actually hear both speakers! The first was about Facebook, the second about the Sabbath. I did have Jack hog-tied in the pew towards the end (no, really. you gotta do what you gotta do) but I still count that as a win. Jack went to primary without a lot of complaints and when I picked him up he had gotten a little pumpkin. Fun!

Then we carved up some big pumpkins. I love being able to share traditions with Jack.

We saved the seeds but at the very end the colander got knocked over and all of our seeds spilled. It's ok though, we still have two more pumpkins to carve which means more seeds to roast.

While we were carving pumpkins our home teachers stopped by and brought some candy! After that came, jack wasn't so interested in carving a pumpkin. So he ate chocolate and let me do the work. hmmm...I wonder where he got that from?