A Night To Remember

Every time we plan a fun family night, I have a "Martha Stewart" picture in my mind of how it will all go. The kids will be cooperative, there won't be any bickering, they'll volunteer to help clean up on their own, etc....! Tonight we decided to carve pumpkins and I was even prepared for a big mess...I wasn't prepared for the rest of what happened!



Ella and Marshall really enjoyed removing the goop from the pumpkins, squishing it between their fingers, pretending to throw it at each other, the whole 9 yards.

Ava wasn't too into it, which surprised us a little. She kept complaining about the smell and could hardly stand to even look at the goop!

Check out Ava's face in this picture!!!

Sadie just crawled around trying to get her nose in where she could!

I guess it's pretty obvious where this is going....Shortly after we took this picture, Ava started throwing up! We thought maybe she just had a sensitivity to the smell or look of the pumpkins...but that's not the case since she's been throwing up every 20 minutes since then!
While we tended to Ava, Sadie grabbed the camera from the table and dropped it causing some sort of lens malfunction! I was not happy about that!


Marshall and Ella seemed unfazed of the chaos going on around them and continued working hard on their pumpkin designs.

Matt, who now thinks he should go into the camera repair business, took the camera apart and managed to fix it (minus 1 screw that's still sitting on the counter)!

Here are the finished pumpkins and one worn out girl! She will carve hers when she's all better. Hopefully soon! Another night we won't soon forget!