my little texas cowpokes

Happy Halloween! We had a trunk or treat in the church parking lot on Thursday.  Stuart was a little mesmerized and reluctant for the first 4 trunks, but once the light of understanding dawned, he was literally running from car to car. Whitney, on the other hand, wanted to sit down between each one to eat each piece of candy.  I love Halloween!

hooray for halloween!

Whitney and I spent the last few afternoons working on a Halloween project while Stuart napped. I did not come up with this idea on my own--although I wish I had. They turned out SO CUTE. 

Below are my two favorites. I got Whit started by gluing the first 2 strips of tissue paper on her jar to show her what we'd be doing. I spent the next hour so engrossed in my own jar that I didn't even take note of how she was doing, even after she told me she was done and needed me to cut a face out for her. So I did. (You can see how much effort I put into the first face on the left.) I tossed the eyes and mouth her way with a reminder to paint over them with glue, still clueless to the fact that she'd been working independently as focused and as long as I had.
A few hours later, after the kids were in bed, I picked up the jars to see if they were dry and finally took a good look at Whitter's. She had glued every strip perfectly straight and evenly overlapped. And she'd glued the face just like I told her to. I was so proud of her that I was forced to sneak into her bedroom and kiss her little sleeping forehead. I wish I could have told her how spectacular it was while she was working.

As you can see, I gave her second jar a more respectable jack-o-lantern face as she was clearly putting great effort and care into it. She also decided to try mixing things up a bit by gluing the strips on at random with varying colors, which I actually like better. We're doing it her way for the Christmas lanterns. What a girl! Did I mention how proud I feel?