Super Parents

We tried to have a fun family night last night. Fun was had by all, except Olivia. Addison had told us earlier in the week that she wanted to cut a face into the pumpkins and also wanted to paint them. What a great idea, lets do that. So we ordered pizza, moved the table and chairs and spread an old sheet on the floor. Got the pumpkins cleaned off, plates to pour the paint onto, and paint clothes on the girls. We were ready for this fun evening. Addison was the 1st to dive into the paint, and she thought it would also be fun to paint her legs black. Olivia was next, we tried VERY hard to show her that the paint went on the pumpkin, NOT in her mouth. She was not a good listener. Even Addison tried to help her with painting the pumpkin. Olivia was not hvaing any of the pumpkin, only paint in the mouth. It became apparently obvious to me that this was NOT going to be enjoyable if I had to continue fighting her off and holding her hands out of her mouth. I had visions of how this night was going to go, and that fiasco was not in my vision. (Reminded me of Addison's 1st birthday party) So, unfortunatly Olivia was not allowed to participate in the fun anymore. She went right to the bath and then to bed.

Once Olivia was in bed, we got right into getting the "guts" of the pumpkin out and continuing to paint the pumpkins. Addison even asked if she could put more paint on Olivia's for her! Addison loves her sister sooooooooooooooooooooo much, it melts my heart!!

This little video sums up the evening well. We really did have a fun time, and Addison enjoyed it so much. I think we will make this a yearly tradition! I did find out something I had not know about Tony, he has NEVER carved a pumpkin. He tried to get the "guts" out of the pumpkin, but there were still seeds and strings hanging...I took over and scooped it out!