Carving out a little quality Fall Family Time

So the Flickinger's absolutely LOVE this time of year because here in Central Pennsylvania there are so many Family fun activities/festivals/pumpkin events.  This past weekend was the Shermans Valley Heritage Festival & the Pennsboro Pumpkin festival.  The weather was FINALLY not raining & unseasonably warm so we couldn't resist partaking in the fun at BOTH festivals!

Nothing beats Lunch by the Shermans Valley Creek~  only $6.50 = Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!!

Adrien & Fiona can't turn down a free tractor ride upon arrival!

Watchin' Apples pressed turn into CIDER=Tasty!

                                           

The Shermans Valley festival was SO busy that we had to park on the other side of Blain to get to the festival, but Fiona DIDN'T mind her Favorite part of the whole day was riding on the school bus! It was really  great to bump into Mema, Papa, & Great Aunt Ellie--- Thanks so much for treating us to all the yummy goodness- Pumpkin funnel cakes, banana split (w/marshmallow,hot fudge, and pb sauce), and our first time trying creamsicle whoopie pies~ definitely different, but I wasn't complaining, just noshing!
                         
                                   ~We LOOOOOVE pumpkins --- East Pensboro Pumpkin Festival~

              
*Adrien and Fiona painted glass tiles to go in the new Pennsboro community center~~ Art = Love~
~The Pumpkin fest was SO hot...and the day just sweated right by but I did manage to score the cute vintage Art deco earrings from Justin~~ so sweet he's not a big jewelry giver so it really made my day!  Thanks hubs~

                                    

We have been trying to enjoy this beautiful season as much as we can, & getting in the spirit by carving our pumpkins into Jack-O-Lanterns.

Fiona and Adrien said the pumpkin innards felt like cow guts but they did a really good job of cleaning out their pumkin and designing the faces by themselves~

So happy to have daddy's attention and company when carving pumpkins this year~  I must admit I was impressed by how Justin's "heart in my hands" pumpkin turned out~ I added the heart as a cute touch!

*Fiona's pumpkin is sticking out it's tongue she said, "My pumpkin is going to make you LAUGH!"
*Adrien's scarey vampire pumpkin~~ it reminds me of Metaknight from the Kirby video game.
*Justin & I created the "loving hands" pumpkin~
--today I carved the princess design I thought Fiona wanted but she boldly said, "No, that's not MY design"

In case you can't tell this is supposed to be Princess Peach from the Super Mario Bros.

Happy Halloween!