Kid's Costume & Pumpkin Carving Party

So every year Dave and I host a pumpkin carving party. It's funny to see it evolve over the years. It used to be a late night event with a lot of alcohol and then we've all had kids. So it's become a lot more family friendly, and has morphed into a kids costume party and pumpkin carving get together. Last year Arden wasn't mobile so I was able to get a lot more pictures. This year, she's all over the place and even took a header off the back deck stairs (she's fine) but not as many pictures to post. It's hard to be a hostess, a mother and document the event at the same time! But despite the rain and my worries about having a bunch of toddlers in a small house, it was a fun party! Arden-the fish, Oscar-the pterodactyl, and Killian-the monkey- all seemed to interact fine in the animal kingdom.
I think next year we'll go back to hosting it in the afternoon after nap times, because it's kind of anti climatic to carve a pumpkin and then not be able to light it up. Of course, I messed up my Obama pumpkin anyway, so that was a bummer. But overall it was a good party!