Did you know......

....that pumpkins float?? I had no idea! This afternoon, I had a whim to clean off our porches. So I swept them off, pulled all the dead flowers out of the pots and hauled off the 4 (really small) pumpkins we accumulated over the past month or so. Carter of course was assisting me in all this fun and I thought he might get a kick out of throwing the pumpkins into the pond, which happens to be right in our front yard.

So we chunked our pumpkins into the water. I don't think Carter realized that we wouldn't be getting our pumpkins back, because as the first one I threw hit the water he looked up and said, "Mama?....punkin??" Like he was all devastated. I persuaded him that this would be fun and that he should just go ahead and throw his too. I threw the next one and said "Bye pumpkin" for his sake and he followed suit.

Now, I thought the stupid things would sink to the bottom of the pond and we'd never see them again. I even considered the kindness of providing this early Thanksgiving treat to the fish and the turtles...(well at least the ones who weren't injured by the flying pumpkins). Did they sink???....NO! They commenced to floating around the pond all the while my devastated little boy was saying..."Punkin?...Mama???" Like he thought I'd just swim right out and get them.....

Can I just leave you with this image? It's almost dark outside and my sweet little Carter is standing at the front window where he normally watches the cows in the pasture across the pond, where he lovingly watches for Maw Maw and Aunt Crystal so he can wave to them before they come to the door.......standing there so pitifully watching his beloved punkins float around and around the pond ........whispering, ..."punkin??? ....Mama???"

Can you see the big fat "L" on my forehead from your house??

If the turtles don't eat those things, I see myself swimming out to get them tomorrow.