Sick Day Activity

Both boys were feeling under the weather today. We found out yesterday that Rylan had strep, and while he was much better today than yesterday he was still dragging. He started the morning by telling me his ear "wouldn't turn on". Conrad stayed home from school because his stomach was hurting pretty bad. I know when he starts carrying a trash can around with him things could get serious. And not wanting to have him known as the kid who always pukes at school, I kept him home just to be safe.

By this afternoon they were both feeling better so I thought we would carve pumpkins. Normally we would have already done this, but we've been slacking this October in the crafting department.

First they got out all of my Sharpies and drew their designs. Rylan was happy with his until he saw Conrad's, and then he wanted it to look like that. It was a little disappointing to him that it couldn't be erased.


Next came the carving and scooping out. I am NOT a professional pumpkin carver. Nor am I any good at making a pumpkin look like Darth Vader. That is what Rylan's is supposed to look like, though you would never know it!


Finally the creations were done! Conrad worked hard to separate the seeds from the goop. The goop went into the coop for a chicken snack and the seeds went into the oven for a people snack.

Photography classes...well worth it!!

I am taking an 8 week photography class right now at the Perfect Picture School of Photography on understanding exposure. It is expensive, but has been very valuable in improving my skills at setting exposure and forces me to think about creating a photo instead of taking snapshots. The class is well worth the cost when I end up with images of my boys like these! :)