The Valentine Narrative: Pumpkin Picking

We had a fun Saturday! We were going to go to the free pumpkin patch, but the line was a mile long in the sun and it was 75 degrees out and we were hot! I know, all you Arizona people can stop laughing now. On our way to get some money to go to the other pumpkin patch, we were distracted by Chik-fil-A. It was yummy too! We were at the mall eating when I decided since we were so close to Macy's, perhaps I could just take a look. They happen to have some professional make-up artists there doing Halloween face painting for free. Well, of course we had to do it. The kids looked great. As usual, nothing can go too smoothly or the planets might fall off their rotations.
Alan and the boys were playing video games at Game Stop while Sarah and I were waiting in the line to get a Lady Bug painted on her cute little face. Sarah has been working on her two loose front teeth for a while now and hasn't wanted any help. On Saturday her right front tooth was just barely hanging in there. Grandma Leanne showed up with a giant bag of caramel corn which Sarah jumped right into. Her first bite pulled that tooth right out of her mouth. Most kids are happy when their teeth finally come out but she looked a bit horrified. It may have been all of the blood. There was more than usual for a loose tooth. I think she nicked her gums with the popcorn. Anyway, we were trying to get her mouth to stop bleeding when the boys and Alan showed up, just in time. Sarah got a glazed look on her face and went all green. I asked her if she was alright and she was sort of non responsive. I looked over at Alan and had him pick her up just before she went a little limp. She didn't completely pass out, but was on her way. We learned that Sarah has a hard time seeing her own blood yesterday. That is good to know for the future.

After Sarah's little episode, she was ready to get her face painted. Daniel had already had his done and Jacob was getting worked on. He had asked to look like a dinosaur had scratched his face. Well, he didn't realize that the guy doing his make-up did the make-up for the injured people in the mock disaster drills the government holds from time to time. He was really good and it looked real! Jacob saw himself in the mirror and he started turning green and got light headed. Apparently, he and Sarah suffer from the same affliction. We had him sit down with his head between his knees until he could get up and go outside for some air. It took some time for him to get used to the gore on his face. It looks pretty cool, eh?