Yesterday afternoon and evening, we had a number of our friends over for a pumpkin carving/painting party. There were 17 people in our house, half of them children. Sarah had a blast throughout the entire party. She got to see both Abigails, Jerry, Paige and Ben. Her and Paige had a great time towards the end of the evening playing together, just running around and making noise.
We decided to have people over thinking that we hadn't seen some of them in a long time, and we wanted to let the kids carve or paint pumpkins. Claire was great for supplying the painting supplies, including paint, egg cartons, brushes, and smocks for Sarah and Paige. Both of them had a blast painting (the pumpkins, the newspaper, the floor, and Sarah's hair). Everything washed out, so nothing to worry about there. Jerry joined the older girls when they were helping to scoop out the pumpkins and seperate the seeds out so we could roast them.
Sarah also got to show off her new cow costume, with the horns, utters, and even a tail. Dave of course loved this! Their Abigail will also be a cow, and Sean and Jami's Abigail will be a cute bunny.
After the festivities (which were caught on film and video), we all had dinner. It was great to see everyone again, it's been a while. I know the kids really enjoyed themselves as Sarah fell asleep in her high chair she was so tired from playing with everyone. We will definately have to do this again. Christmas is coming up quick.
Pictures are in the process of uploading and will be posted in the gallery. I have video and may some day get around to editing it and posting it online as well.