Carving Pumpkins

Today we carved one of our pumpkins - Eli enjoyed standing on the stool and trying to help.

Ben used a template and carved this cat pattern - Eli LOVES it and kept saying, "kitty! kitty!" after we put the candle in and turned off the lights. We put it out on the porch and Eli kept running over to the door, looking out the window, and saying, "Hi! Hi! Hi Kitty!"

Later Eli entertained himself playing with his kitty stuffed animal and frog snuggly, talking to them, shoving them into his Elmo bucket and then pulling them out again. Whatever makes him happy :)

And last night we went to our ward's Halloween party. Eli LOVED wearing his crazy lion costume and carrying the Elmo bucket around. I'm sure I'll have more lion pictures to post next week...

Love those Pumpkins

Yesterday we were out in the front playing near the pumpkins. Eli was making all kinds of silly faces...

Some happy...

Some crazy...
I asked him if he wanted to walk down to see the trains passing by - he said, "YEAH!!" and clapped his hands (just as I mentioned in an earlier post).

We can hear the train when we're outside, so as soon as we heard the bell ringing we ran over to watch the el train.

We watched a few more trains go by (they run pretty often in the late afternoon) and then headed back for more pumpkin time.

I love the Fall weather!! It's crisp, but not TOO chilly to be outside without a coat (at least for a little while).

Love this boy.

We still need to carve our pumpkins!

Obama on a Pumpkin

Check out today's post on Tangled and True - for a link to free, downloadable Presidential Election Pumpkin Stencils! So funny. You can carve pictures of Obama (above), McCain, Biden, and Palin.