Old Man Martins Had a Farm...

With a quack, quack here:

And a moo, moo there:


Eei-Eei-O!

While making our debut as "The Farming Martins" at this year's Pumpkinfest, you'll never believe it (unless, of course, you've already read their blog), but we met Todd, Sarah, and Cute Kid Palin hot off the campaign trail:
Everything else after that was pretty much small pumpkins, as you can imagine, but Hope did find some more fun for us to get into. Like heading straight for a pair of HUGE great danes, asking for the leash ("Peeeaaassseee!"), and trying to take one for a walk around the block. Seriously:


And nothing says festival like a little dancing in the streets:


Or taking goofy pictures with Mom (Excuse the runny nose, but now it's fall weather for sure!)

We'd like to thank all the little people without whom these costumes would never have been possible... to one neighbor who GAVE us the duck and cow ones (A little FYI, Hope's first word after Mama and Dada was "duck" and she used to be obsessed! This was a perfect fit!) and to our other neighbor who lent us the cowboy hats. And here's to you Goodwill 99 cent rack for my shirt, along with you Hobby Lobby 50% off ribbon for the girls' hair. Hey, with all these good deals, I had to make some part of their costumes... right? :)

Can't wait to see you or your little cutie(s) should you decide to share!