Scowden girls visit Santa

Santa Claus came to B-town last week. We went to go see him and it was a very exciting day for the Scowden girls. Stella was a little anxious at first...

The stand-off...



She eventually made it up onto his lap. I think her fingers were in her mouth the whole time... but somehow she managed to tell him she wanted a car for Christmas. A pink car.



Eisley had no inhabitions about seeing Santa.



Especially because candy was involved.

Did I mention the candy? Eisley kept sneaking over to the basket every chance she could to swipe some candy.



Stella warmed up to him as well. In fact, from the table we were sitting at, 6 ft away from Santa, she began the interview process. "Santa Claus, where are your shoes?" Santa Claus, where are your reindeer?" "Santa Claus, where is your girl?" He was a good sport about it and answered her every time.

Cookin' Pumpkin

Now that Thanksgiving is over, I feel it's ok to take the pumpkins off our porch and get them ready for yummies like pies, bread, rolls...mmmmm.

So... we've been cooking pumpkin. LOTS of pumpkin. Thanks to Pepaw, who brought us pumpkins from the farm, I've got 52 cups of pumpkin in my freezer. This doesn't even count the biggest pumpkin I've yet to prepare.

Here are some pics from the day!