Charlie Brown and the Great... Punky Patch?

Friday, November 7, 2008

Our first Halloween with a toddler. What fun! Well, we didn't do the usual costume and such. Since Duke goes to bed at 6, it didn't seem like there was much point to Trick-or-Treating at 4 in the afternoon. We got an orange shirt with a "siber" on it and called it a day.

Daddy was home from work on Halloween and Mom was in bed trying to take it easy (easier said than done, I was going stir crazy!). We had talked about getting a pumpkin, but with everything else that had gone on that week, we never made it. I was feeling kind of blue about it. Given Darrell's amazing carving skills, I really wanted to have one. And I was feeling kind of cheated having never gotten any photos of Duke at the pumpkin patch.

I shipped the boys off to find a pumpkin patch at 1:30 on Halloween, not knowing if they'd even find anything. They came back about an hour later. I started to ask how it was, but Darrell told me not to say the word "p-u-m-p-k-i-n p-a-t-c-h". Apparently somebody fell in love with the "Punky Patch". He kissed every pumpkin, then patted them all and finally picked out one for us to have. Darrell did his best to get photos and videos (not an easy task when you're the only adult chasing after him). Since last week, he's asked for the punky patch repeatedly.

It might be a long year...