It's the great pumpkin....or not

We planned on taking the kids to the pumpkin farm this past weekend. We were going to spend Sunday afternoon picking out our pumpkin, taking pics of Bryce and Callie with pumpkins of various sizes, drink apple cider, and have a wonderful fall afternoon outside. That did not happen. What did happen was a flat tire. At least it was in our driveway. And since the last time the tire was changed was when they put new one's on the tire was stuck on. Really, really, stuck. After many attempts Bryan finally excepted defeat and went and got some fix a flat. Then drove it up to the gas station and put some air in it. Thank goodness it held and we were able to head out on our family adventure. But when we got to the highway we realized that the afternoon was gone and most places were going to be closed. Bryce started crying that he wanted a pumpkin and wanted to make a jack-o-lantern. That he really, really, really, wanted to see it light up that night. So we gave him an option....go to the pumpkin farm the next day or go to Walmart and get one right away. He chose freakin Walmart. So we hauled both kids in to the store, put them in front of the pumpkins, and let him choose 2 small ones for him and Callie and one big one for the Jack-o-lantern. No photo ops....or at least I decided it would be really weird to take pictures of my kids in the walmart pumpkin section. Now that I think about it I really should have. It would have been funny to see their smiling faces holding a pumpkin right next to the express check-out lane. But Sunday, it was definitely not funny.

Bryan and Bryce did make a jack-o-lantern Sunday night (see pic above). Bryan let Bryce pick which pumpkin he wanted (a spider) and they spent the night working on it. It actually looks pretty good.

And today I broke out the kids paint (washable and non toxic) and let Callie and Bryce go to town on the two small pumpkins. Bryce had a great time picking out the colors he wanted. Callie actually used the paintbrush instead of her hands ( I was amazed). She also decided that pink paint looks alot better then it tastes (once again..nontoxic).

All three pumpkins are proudly displayed outside our front door and are ready for tomorrow night. And no one will have any idea that they came from Walmart instead of the pumpkin farm.