Pumpkin Patch (and Big Pumpkin Day too)

Big Pumpkin Day comes to our local primary school every October and all of the kids (along with many of their parents) get very excited. It's a day full of hayrides and fall fun and the kids even order special T-shirts to commemorate the event. But little sisters who don't go to school don't often get in on the fun.

Seeing as I had seven rather nice looking pumpkins growing in my yard this year, I decided to have some fun with Rocky and we had our own Big Pumpkin Day this past Friday. I cooked up some homemade pumpkin colored play dough on the stove in the morning. We made two cute "fallish" paper projects. (I love the Q-tip skeleton idea Hannah found online and Rocky was pleased with her paper pumpkin too.)

I had one very happy little girl when we brought a real pumpkin inside and made a jack-o-lantern. I've never before carved pumpkins with the little ones I babysit, but then I never had a ready supply of pumpkins. It was a fun-filled fall day and I sent her home smiling from ear to ear.