One busy day...

Yesterday was one busy day for us. After church, we had a 2nd birthday party to go to. Parties are always big events for Madylinn. She played with the other kids, and with some of the adults too! She ate a good amount of food, and cake of course. And then Elmo showed up. I knew before the party that he was going to show up, and i knew it was going to be a bad idea. All the kids were scared of him! None of them wanted to even go near him, until our friend Joe started picking kids up and putting them on Elmo's lap. That wasn't the best of idea's, as all but 1 of the kids started screaming and flailing to get away. I guess it's a bigger kid thing. Maybe next year it'll work. I hope it goes more smoothly when we go to see Santa!

Then we came home and carved pumpkins. Frank and I each carved a big pumpkin while Mady played with her little one.

Here is Frank's pumpkin creation

Here is my pumpkin creation
And here is Mady's pumpkin creation
Here are our pumpkins on display

I also made good use of the oven for the ENTIRE DAY. I made homemade fruit roll ups. They actually came out really really good, they just took a while. They have no sugar, and are pretty much all fruit, so i don't feel bad letting Mady have one or two a day. I can't wait to make more!!