Maia has her own little pumpkin which now sits on our nature table. We scratched her name into it while it was still green per Sharon Lovejoy's instructions in her wonderful Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots. As Sharon said, the scratches scarred over and the letters grew with the pumpkin. Unfortunately the pumpkins didn't grow much at all (I'm not a very reliable waterer). Oh well. Maybe we'll try pumpkins again next year.
Just so you know, Maia was making faces into the camera before and after this shot. She rarely looks this angelic!
Also, I made these oat and peanut butter powerballs from a recipe in Wondertime and Maia's been gobbling them up. They are no-cook and very easy, although a little too sweet. I think I'll probably use less honey next time and also use extra nuts and dried fruit rather than the chocolate chips. Although we might have a mutiny over the chocolate...
