happy halloween!

The fruit of our labor; carving pumpkins. Even though I passed up the chance to buy a big fat orange one in the local grocery store today - just like home - still, it was worth it to grow our little green ones. Aunt Margaret also sent the boys cards, pictures and stickers for their scrapbooks.

Sammy and cousin Johannes look on while Uncle Joel changes his tires.

spiderboy the sequel

Ever leave a kid alone with a set of markers?
Ever wonder why the sequels to Hollywood movies aren't always as good as the first one? (with the exception of 'ALIENS', but not 'ALIENS 3' or 'PREDATOR VS. ALIEN')

pumpkin patch harvest: season finale

Jake says it is harvest night for the pumpkins. (Frost is imminent.) Jake says the pictures make it look like it's daylight(but it's really pitch black out.) Jake holds the flashlight in the second picture. Daddy wields the steely blade and ghostly hands.
They never turned orange, but they sure were a lot of fun.

A couple have names: Spot, Ghost, Pinky and Aardvark, Stripe 1, Stripe 2, Shorty and Melonhead. Okay, Dad made up those last six up. Two are going to the boys' schools to share the Americana pumpkin experience. One is going to cousin Jonaton who originally helped plant the seeds. One may go to Dad's teacher for all the new Swedish verbs she has taught him. Of course you know a couple will be carved for the front porch.

Overall, Dad says it was the best 70 cents he has spent since he has been in Sweden. It helped the family focus on something other than their move to a new land. Thanks for reading our pumpkin patch posts!

junibacken 2

We went to Junibacken over the weekend, the playland/museum based on the books by Astrid Lindgren. They happend to have facepainting there and Jake wanted to be Spiderman. He didn't want to wash it off. It was a good thing we took a picture of it so he could show his friends at school.

Pippi Spiderman-stocking

Remember this one from an earlier post? Sam as Pippi at an earlier visit to Junibacken.