Frankenweenie, Pumpkins, and Polymer

We've all had a bit of a cold, so we've been mostly staying at home for the last week or so.  We had a nice weekend though.  We were supposed to get our family pictures done Saturday, but we had a couple kids with runny noses, so I talked to Heidi(who was taking our pictures) and we moved it up to Friday, just in case anybody got worse over the weekend.  She was awesome, and we had fun and it didn't take long at all.  

Saturday we watched Cason play soccer in the morning, and after that spent a nice day at home.  

We haven't done too many Halloween crafts or anything so far this month, so we planned a Halloween movie night.  We ended up choosing Frankenweenie.  I had high hopes for that movie, but I ended up just liking, not loving it in the movies.  It grew on me this time, but I still feel like it could've been better.  I LOVE Sparky (the main character), and the idea behind the movie, just think it could've been better.  Anyway, I'm glad we watched it again, because I like it more than before.  The kids couldn't agree on whether to watch the old short version from the 80s, or the stop motion one from a couple of years ago.  So we watched both.  Paige read Neely a Halloween story while we waited to get the movie going.

We got the mattresses out and got cozy in the living room.  

Jess made some ghostie cookies.

It was fun.

The next day we had a nice, slow morning, and the kids and I got out the polymer clay and made some little things.  I was of course on a Halloween kick, so I went with a Sparky, a black cat, and a ghost.  Paige made a dementor from Harry Potter.  

Since you can only see the top of her Dementor's cloak, here's another angle:

 Cason made Toothless.  He even sat and drew nostrils and scales with a toothpick. 

 

Neely made a "pumpkin polar bear penguin".  :)

 

Then we went to the church to pick our pumpkins.

 

 So hard to get a picture of all four of them.  Cason's eyes instantly start burning when he knows he's having his picture taken and he can't even hold them open.  Ha!

 The kids wanted a cute little one for Reed, and I liked this one with its little curly vines still attached to the stem.  He seemed happy with it.

 Neely said she found the right pumpkin for her.  :)

 Cason was pretty careful about his choice, but it didn't take him too long.

 Paige preferred ones with a yellowy shade of orange.

I tried for a picture of Jess and me.  It was pretty bright out there, apparently.

 

 It's not exactly a huge pumpkin patch, but Neely and Reed were both OUT by the time we got home.

Once they woke up we got to carving.

 

 Then I made everyone pose awkwardly with their pumpkin.

 

 

 It was a pretty great weekend.