Carving Pumpkins and Emma's room

Today Lizzie was able to invite one of her friends over to carve pumpkins. Since Halloween isn't celebrated here, this wasn't something her friend had ever gotten to do. To make an afternoon of it we started with making caramel apples (another new American treat!) then helped Mathilde and Anna (Mathilde's sister) carve their jack o lanterns. The girls all had a great time getting elbow deep in pumpkin goo. My treat was being able to practice my Italian with Lucia and Catalina, Mathilde's mom and new baby sister. Lucia speaks very good English and is oh so patient with me. Lucia is also an amazing cook (isn't everyone here?) and brought over a delicious torte (shh, don't tell Chris).

I didn't get a picture of it, but originally all three girls had costumes on. Super cute!



I'm getting requests to see pictures of the house, but that requires it to be tidy enough for pictures. Emma's room is almost done, so she got to tidy and get pictures first. We're still waiting for her headboard and footboard, but on Italian time we may not get it until it's time to leave.

Bed complete with stinky cat.



Emma's loft is up above. It's about a 8x6 area that she's turned into a reading/art hangout.
We were able to attach the curtains with removable velcro so that she can have a division of space without damaging the wood.



Nifty removable wall stickers on her door.



All in all it's a really cool room. I'll try to get better pic's at some later point.