a great day to be out

I have been ignoring my kids today. Not completely. I have kept an ear and eye on them through the open windows of our house. The weather is beautiful, and it was one of those days in Texas that no one should have to spend inside. My boys have loved it outside. Without any real help (a little advise here and there doesn't count!) from me, they have carved two pumpkins, made two bows with arrows, built two huge castles/towers with wooden blocks, fought with swords in complete armor, and are now working on creating a scare crow out of PVC pipe and one of the jack o' lantern's heads. I am looking forward to the results.

Well, here you go...

The boys found the weight of the pumpkin difficult to support, so they came up with this creative solution...an upside down scare crow! I doubt that I would have thought of that! Way to go, boys!