These are pictures of our pumpkin carving night. The kids were not very enthusiastic about pulling out the guts, although you can see in the picture above that Cory had fun with it. He was actually separating the seeds and guts for roasting. Ella and Lear had a great time just stabbing the pumpkins over and over again with those child-safe pumpkin carving knives. They were very proud of their new jack-o-lanterns, however. Earlier that day I went to vote early because I am going to be a poll worker on election day and I won't be able to do it then. Here's a word of advise for moms who are thinking about voting early: find someone to watch your kids! I took Lear and Ella, and they made it much more difficult than it needed to be. Lear kept running under the voting machines - and around people's legs and stuff - and Ella wanted to help me vote. She kept trying to touch the screen to vote for me, which is of course not allowed. Two year olds can't vote, Ella! So, she was screaming and crying, and the old lady next to me actually said, "Why can't that woman get her little girl to be quiet?" I was so mad! I did something I've never done before: I retorted, "Why can't you grow a heart?" That's probably the meanest thing I've ever said to a total stranger before. The old lady's husband then said, "Oh, she's all right," and started talking to Ella and keeping her distracted. I felt really bad at that point. I finished voting ASAP, and I thanked the nice husband a couple times before I left. He didn't really acknowledge me, and I'm not sure if he just couldn't hear me, or if he was ignoring me because I was mean to his wife. I suppose I deserved it if he was ignoring me. I don't think I would've been so mad if I wasn't already frustrated myself and had a nasty cold for several days now; however I should've done the Christlike thing and turned the other cheek.
Lear quote: "Ella wants a pia cholata Slurpee, mommy."
Ella quote: "Don't worry, mommy, you ok." (Said when I was pretending to cry because she wouldn't kiss me.)
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When people are totally ignorant of child reality - you need to say those things. Not all the time, but sometimes, for your sake, their sake and your sanity!!!!
SOmeone once said something like that to me. I sat in silence for a moment and then called them an A-Hole to their face! Not the best thing to do, Surely not the Christ-like thing to do, but boy did I feel good! . . . Really good!
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