Crazy weekend of picking pumpkins and going to Lagoon.
Category: Fun
Odds and Ends
Lots of little things to update on.
Finally getting around to raiding Kyle’s camera, we get to see what that skull I secretly made for his scout troop looked like in the dusty dirt they found it.
Pretty pleased it even fooled Kyle into thinking it was real.
Alec’s been bugging me to see Devil’s slide ever since he had a school report on Morgan County. So, when we were invited to go fishing near it, we had to stop.
Speaking of the fishing.
Got to see lots of deer on the way home too.
Kyle and Talia helped get the rest of this year’s tombstones etched. My hands hurt just thinking of all that painting…
Meanwhile, the pumpkin patch is consuming the scarecrow.
Redesign of the chiller portion on Trevor.
Have a big machine on order, will do a full on ice in the chest test once it arrives.
Messing around wondering what I could make out of some corn husks.
A very trying adventure attempting to find/buy/resorting to MAKE Talia’s Ruby Gloom backpack this year left me with a bunch of leftover transfers, so Tshirt time…
And since I was doing THAT, they all have been wanting some of “the pumpkin” shirts, so I printed off some of those as well.
Gardening time.
Been working dirt a lot lately.
Talia has thuroughly enjoyed her role as “the flower boss” and our little shopping trip together so she could pick out our flowers was quite fun. She’s always thrilled to see them blooming, and getting new ones.
Her “Magic” flowers, that open with the sun and close at night are the favorites, I think.
And, we finally have an official garden.
Renting a sod cutter and clearing out most of the grass there made for a full day with Kyle. Mostly making room for corn and pumpkins, of course. We need to clean out the grass along the fenceline by hand, as I want to keep my raven grass along there, and there were some old bush stumps that need to be dug out, couldn’t just run the sod cutter through there.
All the dirt didn’t stop me from getting the kids out to play, though.
The train was especially fun since the tigers were restless on a rather chilly Saturday morning.
And the Lion was letting them know who was boss. Not often you get to see one ‘talking’.
Of course we had to hit the terror ride as well. Don’t think I’ve ever noticed that figure lurking off to the right cubby here. There’s stuff coming out the door and windows that distract from it. Lots of little treasures like that on this ride.
The best part was that it broke down and lost some power while we were on it. Alec and I stuck in the dark surrounded by skeletons, with nothing but the scary music playing was priceless. If I ever get to build a dark ride, I would include a long pitch black stretch. Nothing scares people more than their own imagination.
Little side project, and “First Halloween”.
Well, the boy scouts are out camping in Skull Valley tonight. And, I was asked by one of the leaders to do a little something “to freak them out a little bit.” And, if possible, make it look like it’s been buried for a while.
It seemed simple enough. Then the week went all to hell. First, we had a fish tank emergency when we lost an 8 year old catfish. Apparently to old age. Well, with nothing to clean up after Joe, the filter quickly became overloaded, coupled with one of them kicking the bucket.
So, I ordered a fancy newfangled filter that is bigger and better, but had to spend a day tearing the tank apart. Meanwhile, I’ve come down with the awful cold Talia’s been fighting for more than a week.
So, I didn’t get to spend as much time on the project as I wanted, but in the right setting, I think it’ll suit the purpose.
Then, tonight, Talia asked me when it would be time for “First Halloween”. This is her name for our little Harvest party, apparently. I rather like it. “First Halloween is when we have all the pumpkins, second Halloween is when we trick or treat.”
Crusty and girlfriend.
First decent snowfall of the year, Talia has named them “Crusty” and “Crusty’s girlfriend”.
Alec is actually quite adept at making snowmen, turns out. Kyle, not so much. Talia still just wants to eat the snow.