That crazy Great Pumpkin

Whew. I am tired. A whole month of hard work is behind me at last. Birthdays are done, parties are over, Halloween is past. I think we are going on an a little impromptu camping trip this weekend before the weather turns too cold. I look forward to sitting in my chair and reading books while Jack digs in the dirt.

Thank you for all of the costume love! Jack's costume was a big hit here in the neighborhood too. Coming up with an owl is harder than I thought it would be, and all in all I was happy with the results. He even wore that mask for the first hour or so.

He was awesome last night, running from house to house, clutching his treat bag, making his owl noises and saying trick or treat. We trick or treated for nearly 2 whole hours and he would have gone on all night, but we were pooped! When we got home he did what every kid does on Halloween, he sat on the floor and piled all his candy around him while digging for treasures. Too cool.

He asked for a ride in the baby swing this morning, and while I would ordinarily try and encourage him to use our other swings, I gave him a few good pushes in the baby swing anyway today. I am acutely aware that his baby swings days are quickly ending, and he reminded me by telling me to push "fast, really fast, not so slow!"
This great pumpkin wants to thank all of you for visiting us here everyday, so she has a little gift for you too. All you have to do is a leave a comment on this post and sometime next week I will have the Jack attack draw names. Be sure to leave a way to get in touch with you and include which quilt you would prefer to be in the drawing for.

You can choose between this smaller quilt (toddler bed sized), and I think of a newer vintage. (1980s maybe? Hard to tell with the fabrics in this one.)
Or this bigger one, definitely of a 1950's vintage. (Some of the fabrics are barkcloth, and there are gold prints, so don't forget you CANNOT use Oxiclean on this quilt!)

They are both tied and in good usable condition (the pink one does need some stain removal), and my only condition is that you have to promise not to chop them up. :-) Picnic on them, let the kids roll around on them, nap with them, pet them, sit and admire them, anything but the scissors, ok? Good luck to you!