Of course, a 3.5 year old is not content with chilling alone - plus Mama II has an AMAZING backyard [Colin and I were talking this past weekend about how it seemed so huge as kids; I think Eden felt some of that this visit]

There are flowers to smell...

... limes to pick (we got over 50 this trip) ...

I would pull them down with the pullermajigger (official name), and Eden would run and find them, collect them in her shirt, then take them to our basket.

She also stopped to count them every once-and-a-while.

Then it was time to carve pumpkins! Ashley and Emily went to the Hardware to grab a carving kit. Eden decided on a witch! Very scary. Ashley and Eden traced out the design ...

...then it was time to cut!