First, we went to a local salon for pedicures. While Brittiny and I let our feet soak in hot water foot baths and enjoyed shiatsu massages (those are awesome) Brooklyn charmed the staff into a free manicure. She chose a light green coat with sparkles. - quite fetching.
After the salon we took Brooklyn to a ''Punkin" Patch put on by the Christian Fellowship church of Yuma. The setup was pretty sweet. They had a hay bale maze, horse rides, two inflatable trampolines for the kids and a 40 ft long pirate ship - well, a flat bed trailer made to look like a pirate ship. It's as if a late November union strike left Macy's Thanksgiving float department so hurting for scabs they hired Capt. Jack Sparrow.
Here's my Brookers running through the hay bale maze, sporting her Kurt Rambis goggles.
After Brooklyn picked out her pumpkin she got to ride a white horse. She seemed to enjoy it, but kept calling the horse a donkey. The handler said: That's better than calling her a puppy or cat, which is what most toddlers think. The horse stopped a few times to eat grass on the arduous, 95 foot stroll - so freaking lazy. Oh, and horse-shoes aren't even shoes, FYI.
So Brooklyn was jumping around in one of those big inflatable tramp-o-things when she noticed Brittiny eating a sno-cone. "Brooklyn have it?" she asked. 
So at the Patch we selected three Pumpkins. Once the adoption papers cleared, we were able to take them home. Brittiny painted Brooklyn's pumpkin (very well, I might add) to look like Elmo. Brooklyn was very impressed, and reminded us about 40 times that her Pumpkin looked like Elmo. 
The other two pumpkins were gutted and carved up, see below. The one on the left is Nancy Pelosi, on the right, Clint Eastwood.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
6 comments:
Brandon, WHY did you go to Law School when your true calling is obviously to write for the New Yorker?? THAT a mother could be proud of. (Gosh, I sound Jewish there, huh?)(No offense to those of the Jewish faith)
Brit, that is one fabu punkin!! And, guys, those carved ones are going to totally collapse by the 31st!! But still,fun n games down south!! You make Yuma look almost liveable!!
MY punkin has an electrical cord hanging out the back on account of it being FAKE..oh yeah, Nonny is LAAAAAAZY. My Christmas tree is fake too! So's my hair color! So's the weight on my driver's license! So are most of my teeth!!
I gotta go.
Brandon, reading your blog is almost like hanging out with you...almost. I get a good laugh every single time! Brooklyn sure is a keeper, she is as cute as they come.
Emily
I have to say we are totally impressed with Brittiny's pumpkin painting skills!
Brookers is as gorgeous as ever! Dig the green nails.
My granddaughter is so gorgeous! And her mom has great pumpkin carving skills. I hope the winds are not blowing your way from San Diego.
Dang, I'd better not let Elizabeth see this. . .or else she'll be asking for an Elmo pumpkin too, and sadly I don't have mad pumpkin-painting skillz like Brittiny! That Elmo is friggin' awesome--can you send Brittiny out here to replicate it in frosting for E's birthday cake? :P
Hey, we want more cute pictures and witty ripostes!
Love you all (4)!
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