Gross Goo!!!!

So it was pumpkin carving time in our house a week ago and whats not blog worthy about that, so here we go.  Armed with only a small 'scooper', some newspaper and a little elbow grease, daddy and Jackson set out to get all of the 'goo' out of our perfect pumpkin from the pumpkin patch.  The only problem was that Jackson, my little sweetie is not a big fan of icky stuff on his hands as evidenced from last Halloween's pumpkin carving experience. I love this pic.

Well, apparently he still is not a fan of preparing the pumpkin, so I thought I would post a video showing you.  So, here we are in our garage getting our pumpkin prepared to be carved.

Haha! Oh great times.  Well, we may have struggled with the preparing the pumpkin, but our family was very proud of our finished pumpkin!  Jackson picked the design, of course the 'SCARY' monster, and daddy and mommy carved the design.  I do want to add that while we were carving, Jackson had the little hole puncher and was poking holes in the back of the pumpkin the entire time we were working.  I think he had a few hundred holes when we were finished.  It was definately a team effort here.  So, here was our finished pumpkin.

Hope you have a GOOreat Halloween!!!

Fall Fun!

Well, as much as I would like to blog more, my time just isn't allowing it right now.  I have lots going on, but hopefully I will hit the high points of what is happening in the Kraus house from time to time.  I really wanted to blog about the fall projects Jackson and I did a few weeks ago.  Joey was gone for work and we told him that when he came home the house would be decorated for halloween.  Well, armed with only the items within my craft box, Jackson and I got to work on some homemade halloween fun. 

Here are the bats with purple crystal eyes that we cut out, and the picture in the frame is a fun pumpkin coloring page that Jackson so beautifully colored. 

These are the candles that are already in my house decorated with a little ribbon and glittery bat stickers. Some orange flowers and raffia always make for great fall decor, not to mention scary spiders! 

This is the old window and sill above my fireplace where we put another of Jackson's beautiful colorings and a homemade wreath from fun sparkly black ribbon and some black feathers.  

Here is our eating area where we borrowed this AMAZING candleholder from my mom and covered it in spider webs.  That great black lace table cloth was from last year's halloween party.  The little chair back decorations are the remainder of the black ribbon I had attached to some black paper that we made into cones and stuffed with orange flowers. Cheap and easy!

Again, reused pumpkin decorations from last year and some homemeade napkin rings.

 This is my favorite craft we did.  Jackson helped me stencil this banner with black ink and we punched holes and strung twine to hang it. A few glitter stickers later and we have a cute halloween banner. 

And last but not least, my favorite little surprise decoration.  A paper 'stache for my son's picture.  HAHAHAHA! I was hanging the banner and decided to add a few spiders to this cute framed picture.  Well then I decided this particular picture needed a little 'dressing up'.  I laugh everytime I look at it..and so does Jackson!!!!

Happy Halloween everyone, and hopefully before Christmas I will post the pictures of us at the Pumpkin Patch.  Here's to hopin'!!!