Carving pumpkins.. and roasting marshmallows

The last few days of our trip to Little Rock included several "fall like" activities. Of course pumpkin carving was one of them. Caroline wanted to draw the face on the pumpkin herself and actually it was pretty good! She helped Poppy scoop out all the seeds, but then our little project was interrupted by a visit from Lilly and Maggie. Caroline decided she wasn't so interested in carving the pumpkin anymore, and we had the intention of going back to it later. Of course, that never happened. So we ended up with a half carved pumpkin! Somehow toward the end of a visit you are trying to cram everything in at once and never quite get it all in. Oh well, she had the experience of it and tends to lose interest when her part in the project is done.

Drawing the face

Not bad for a 3 year old.. but probably a little hard to carve...

Ready to carve!

Scooping out the seeds...

And that's all for now.. time for lunch with the girls!

The perfect fall weather gave us the idea to sit out by the fire pit that night and make s'mores. Caroline loved this and enjoyed several marshmallows. She got on a roll telling us stories that went on an on. She was quite animated with this. Wonder where she got that from? :) Quite an imagination that little girl has!

Once upon a time...

Uncle Curt joined us.. here Caroline is talking on the phone with her Daddy.

Grandy and my Aunt Barbara

All cozy!

We had to leave on an early flight the next morning and Grandy snapped this picture as we were walking out the door. Caroline loves to roll her little backpack full of entertainment for the plane. Easier on me! We had a wonderful trip, but this time Caroline was really sad to leave. This is the first time that she actually cried when we got on the plane, wanting Grandy and Poppy. So sad! The next visit will roll around before we know it though.

Time to head back to Charlotte!