Pumpkin Carving Party

I think we are settling in quite well as a family. We have been home 10 ten weeks with the girls and this past Saturday we put on a heck of a kids pumpkin carving party. Everyone marveled how well Galina and Valerie enjoyed themselves and fit right in with all the children and adults over. We had about 20 adults and 10 children! It was great fun! I set up the garage with two sensory tables; one with corn and one with cornstarch and water mixture. We had a table for painting small pumpkins and a table for play with Gak or Flubber. We had another room set up with pin the eyes on the Jack-O-lantern, decorate a Halloween bag, and paint a pumpkin ornament. Up stairs in the livingroom we had pumpkin carving and eating going on. I cover our livingroom floor with a huge tarp and I cover the furniture with painters cloths. The place looked really different, but the girls did not seem to mind one bit. Galina did help Papa set the livingroom up, so she took part in the make-over.

We got to have some of our neighbors over who have children about the same ages as Galina and Valerie. It was so fun to see all these little toddlers just getting into the activities we had for them. It was even more fun watching the parents get into it with their children. It was so much fun for the girls, I think we will just keep it up as our yearly festivity. Happy Autumn Everyone!