Pumpkin Time!

This time of year is full of pumpkins--big and small, round and bumpy. But probably, the two best pumpkins around are the two little ones that live in our house:)  Earlier in the week Miss AlteLu had the chance to paint her very first pumpkin, while HBB "lotioned" his pumpkin with lots of paint.  Yesterday we carved our pumpkin, which was a fun event for all.  This past week we watched, "The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," with Hersh, so when carving our pumpkin he wanted to make it look like The Great Pumpkin, and I must say our jack-o-lantern is classic!  When going on walks (which we have been doing a lot of because the weather is so nice) Hersh and I look for all of the spoooookkkkkyyyy decorations--lots of fun!
AlteLu is amazing. She walks around the house with her belly sticking out, hooting while carrying around her owl (it's a very deep hoot), or saying "ba-ba" and finding her baby.  This week we heard her say: apple, light, and orange.  It's so interesting to see the ways that she is naturally different from Hersh at this age.  We are raising her more or less how we raised him.  Yet, she is much more interested in dolls, animals, etc then he was.  She is also very interested in putting things into containers.  Last night she had a great time with frying pans.
Hersh is obsessed with tape.  Tape, paper, scissors, and string are all he needs.  Last night he wrote all of our names--so special.  Yesterday, when he had an idea, he pointed his finger up in the air and said, "Wait, I have an idea!"  Alte followed, using her finger the same way:)

 Pumpkin carving:

Pumpkin painting: