Pumpkins, Cougars, and Peter Pan

The Tuesday before Halloween, we carved pumpkins with Michael, the man from Korea that Ryan is tutoring in English. Michael works for Hyundai and is on a special tour of the US right now and has been in Provo from September and will be here until December. He is very kind and took us out to dinner. So this day, I made dinner and we carved pumpkins together.

 

The final results…

I made this Landon look-alike :)

Michael carved the Korean flag on the back of his American flag pumpkin.

Ryan’s Superman Pumpkin. 

The Thursday before Halloween, BYU put on a party for the children of students. Ryan had class, but Landon and I went and played lots of games, petted a snake at the Reptile Presentation, and bounced in the bounce house. 

Someone said, “Look, the pumpkin looks like he’s pregnant with a pumpkin…”

     Landon LOVED Cosmo and every time he looked at him, Landon laid his head on my shoulder.

 This year was Landon’s second Halloween, but it was the first that he really enjoyed! He loved trick-or-treating in our ward. In the beginning, he would trade a piece of candy he already had for the one he would take from the bowl someone was passing out. Later he realized he didn’t have to give one to take one. But I think his mentality is a good lesson; when we take, we need to give back!

“Where’s Captain Hook, the scallywag…”

  “Oh, there he is…wait, who is this Peter Pan impersonator?? Take a picture of this, mom!”

“I stole a sucker from Captain Hook!”

“I’m glad you’re here Santa, I wanted to get started on those presents early this year. I want a Rice Krispie Treat….Thanks, you’re good!”

Happy Halloween from the Smiths!

Thanks for reading!

Emily