Friday, November 06, 2009

traditions

A love traditions….for a lot of reasons.  This year I’m grateful for them because they make me do memorable family things that I’d otherwise not do because I’ve been feeling particularly lazy and out of steam. 

One of our Halloween traditions is to go to the “Haunted Hayride” at Wilson Farms with our dear friends the Kruckenburgs.  This year wasn’t the best….some wrong turns, some traffic, a long long line, flat tire tractor, not so great pictures, stomach aches….I stood there trying to hold a squirmy one year old, standing in a packed line and wondered if it was worth it.  But once we got on board the trailer, the kids’ smiles and squeals but my wondering to rest.  It’s worth it.   Really, what’s not to love about riding a tractor around a beautiful harvested farm, sitting on hay bails, looking at silly spooky scenes.  IMG_0250 IMG_0251   IMG_0254 

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And then there is pumpkin carving.  So much hassle!  So slimy and messy and stinky…..and since Jeff gags at the smell of pumpkin guts he’s not much help with the hard mucky parts.  I was grumbling inside as I laid out the newspaper and hefted in the big pumpkins. -8300 The kids, of course could barely contain their excitement….and I was pleasantly surprised to find that Hazel and Charlie are old enough now to do a lot of the dirty work…..seriously, they scraped out their guts, and Hazel even carved her entire pumpkin face alone, without any help at all. 

-8288 -8292   -8307 -8311 -8317 -8316 My mom and dad always say that family traditions is the “glue that binds families together.”  Traditions make memories, make kids proud of what they’re a part of.  And I could feel it….amidst the gross pumpkin guts smell and the mess, our house was filled with the happy, familiar, bonding feeling of tradition. 

I love traditions.

6 comments:

  1. SUCH great pictures! So glad we got to see the finished results while we were there...albeit a little shriveled!

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  2. the pic of them immitating the pumpkins faces is AWESOME

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  3. Anonymous3:15 PM

    Thanks for the great blog and pictures. Just for historical accuracy, I will confirm that Jeff has been gagging at the smell of pumpkin guts since he was big enough to look inside one.
    Mom/Grandma

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  4. So enjoy your blog Saydi. Lovely to see you last night -- as always!

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  5. Jeff, you cut a pumpkin just like I do. Mine looks just the same as that middle one every year!

    Traditions!

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  6. The father on "Fiddler on the Roof" had it right... Tradition!

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