Seven Quick Takes: Pumpkins and stuff

1.  The Zoomlians have painted their pumpkins!

Going from left to right are the Zoomlian's pumpkins in order (note the glow-in-the-dark insane asylum picture).  Klenda has a headless horseman asking, "Have you seen my head?"

We actually paint our pumpkins as soon as we get them (to keep them from being stolen by people who think we can spare a few pumpkins), but we will also carve them closer to Halloween.


2.  We have also decorated the house!
We used glow-in-the-dark spider webs, old tree branches and the unforgettable insane asylum sign that I mentioned earlier.






3.  Three of the Zoomlians have been getting piano lessons!  Our friend, Star (who will be staying with us for a few years when she gets her Master's degree), has agreed to give free piano lessons!  Klenda, Zorg and Leena can now play beautifully. No kidding!  Like Bach and Pop Goes the Weasel, and stuff.

4.  We skipped our adventure this week (we were supposed to visit the Museum of Natural History), and will go next week instead.  We actually skipped because other people in our group were sick, but it was nice to have a relaxed day at home, especially since it was cold and rainy..    We puttered around and got lots of little projects done.  Plus I introduced the kids to the Addams Family! (Warning: this clip is an entire show, some 20 minutes long)

5.  We've had a lot of beautiful days and long walks picking up leaves.
What to do with all those leaves?  A leaf tree, of course!

The trunk is a paper bag or construction paper, and the leaves are taped to the wall.  Eventually, we'll tape leaves "falling" from the tree and a "leaf pile" near the floor. 

It's a nice way to do leaf identification, too.

6. We continue our assault on the 75 pounds of apples!  I think we only have 20 apples left.

The score thus far:
Apple Pies: 4, Applesauce: 2 qts, Apple Butter: 10 pts, Apple Dippers: 15 apples, Apple Fritters: 3 large piles, Apples Randomly Eaten: 25, Apples Given Away: 10,

I'll be glad when we can finish the apples so I can start on the 30 lbs of squashes.  Mmmmm.  More pie....

7.  And back to the pumpkins:  On Winblog (a property of Failblog) we found out exactly how creative with pumpkins you could get.  I mean, honestly, who wouldn't want a Doctor Who pumpkin?







Or a pumpkin based on the ring from Tolkien's classic, for that matter?







One based on a cannibal would be less appealing, but nevertheless it it very original.


 See what I mean?






Mxyl, on the other hand, says, "When I get better at pumpkin carving, I so totally want to carve one that looks just like THAT!"

Um... Link from Legend of Zelda?


 And no, none of these are Photoshopped.




NOTE: Failblog and Winblog aren't always G-rated (not even "G-rated Failblog", which is more PG--PG-13) so it's best to do it when you just feel like sitting back and relaxing when all of the kids are in bed.

And thanks to Mxyl, my co-blogger on this post!  More with Conversion Diary!