Kung fu scarecrow

Today we went to the Morris Arboretum for their annual Harvest Festival. The Morris Arboretum is this really great place where you can let your kids roam on perfectly manicured grounds while you have EXTREME landscaping envy. Our neighbors are members, but we feel the pain of our black thumbs every time we go there so we've limited our exposure.

Our specific goal was to make a scarecrow. Last year, about half of our friends on the block ended up going to this event and their front porches were decorated with these great giant scarecrows for the harvest season. All Nola wanted to know was when we were going to get to make one for our house. Your time has come, little one....

at the arboretum

declan likes glue....

aubry stuffed the scarecrow's socks with hay

nola glued on a little "N" button she found in the pile. she looked for an "A" button, but couldn't find one..

almost done - please note who is helping daddy and who (ahem, nola) is in the background chatting with her friend from the block.

our kung fu scarecrow is finished and lookin' fine (and ready to vote for obama)...

aubry posing in front of a neighbor's scarecrow

posing again...