A stroll through the Botanical Gardens last weekend...

 Instead of carving pumpkins, the kids decided that they wanted to paint pumpkins this year.  We anticipated that this might be pretty messy, so when the temperature hit 60 degrees late this afternoon we headed outside to begin work.

 Noella went with stripes and glitter.

 Mariel's started all black, but she later added a glitter heart.

 Holden just kept assuring me "I am really good at painting this, Mom."

The pumpkins are drying now.  I have been told that they have to be "finished" tomorrow, so I will see what additions that brings.