BOO!

Two days before Halloween, and we're in a spooky mood. The beautiful handmade Lucy & Michael BOO! banners are hanging right next to the creepy (and very plastic) moaning ghosts, the costumes have been worn already to a pre-Halloween party and are ready to go again, and the candy is waiting (in unopened bags, thank goodness!) at the door. We've got pumpkins coming out of our pumpkins. Literally. Take a look at this fantastic "Pumpkin Man" our 5-year-old came up with. (We have to be creative here in Texas with no snow for snowmen.)

The small creator of this jolly Pumpkin Man was entirely in charge of the project.  She searched the farmer's market for close to an hour to find the perfect large, medium, and small pumpkins to make the body.  They had to have fairly flat tops, enough so that they would be stackable, and they had to have just the right grooves to fit her mind's eye view of her man.  Then, very methodically, with Sharpie markers, buttons from our art collection, googly eyes, and lots of glue, our little artist brought Pumpkin Man to life.  We crowned him with a bunch of shredded metallic green stuffing (truly, we have no idea when or how this stuff landed in our home, which goes to show that pack-ratting can actually come in handy sometimes).  We fully endorse a last-minute trip to the pumpkin patch to create your own little man or woman.  This one has prompted so much pride from our artist and so many giggles from neighbors, friends, even the mailman.  How could you not smile at this guy?