The Great Pumpkin 2008

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Just to clarify…I don’t typically allow McCanless to dress herself this crazy! (Well, for school anyway.) This week is Red Ribbon Week, a drug prevention/drug awareness educational program. (Equivalent to our D.A.R.E., if you remember that in school.) Today’s theme was, “It’s CRAZY to do drugs!” Kids wore crazy clothes and hair to school. McCanless LOVED today and was thrilled that I allowed her to wear her Christmas dress that she has been dying to wear everyday since we bought it! She completely and 100% dressed her self crazy today all by herself! I did her hair with strict instructions on exactly what to do. Mommy dressed up too, which McCanless thought was great.

As for Mary Clare, no excuse. Mel dresses her every morning, and his choices in bow colors don’t always work. Today, I let it go. Usually, I’ll re-dress her when I pick her up or at least change bows. Today, we had only one thing on our minds, and that was to make that big pumpkin of ours a Jack-O-Lantern before Halloween night!!

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It really is a HUGE pumpkin! I thought we’d never get it scooped out!

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As I was carving one side of our pumpkin, McCanless was busy on the other side. I didn’t even notice until she told me she “stabbed” our pumpkin with every “carver” we have. Yikes!

This photo was taken just before Mary Clare dumped the entire bowl of pumpkin guts all over her head.

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Cheese! Don’t you just love all of the Jack-O-Lantern teeth we have around here?

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Last year, we carved Cinderella’s castle, and I swore NEVER to attempt that again! (McCanless likes to help WAY too much for that!) We love our happy Jack-O-Lantern!

4 Comments

Nonnie  on October 29th, 2008

Hey, Cannie, I think you look beautiful in anything you wear! Mary Clare, you were a big help this year! Love, Nonnie
You can help me!

Betsy  on October 29th, 2008

You’d think Mel would have a little more fashion sense being the owner of a clothing line! ;

Erica May  on October 29th, 2008

McCanless I love the outfit!! Tell Mel that Mary Clare pulled off the pink and orange look very well!! 🙂 We love you all and hope we can get together soon!! Love the spider costume, Emerson is a GA cheerleader! Go Dawgs!!!

Love,
Erica

kate  on October 29th, 2008

McCanless you are a nut!!! I wish you girls could come help me with my pumpkin!! I love your Happy Jack-O-Lantern..