Driving home from school the other day, we passed by the cemetery and I was reminded of a time when I was small and we went to a cemetery and did tombstone rubbings. It was such a cool experience. The boys and I decided to give it a try and we recruited some friends to join us. We baked pumpkin cookies, packed a big jug of apple juice, some rubbing paper and crayons and off we went.
The atmosphere was perfect! Colorful trees, brown crunchy leaves underfoot...
We found some AMAZING tombstones. Just look at these carvings!
Spooky!!
After we finished rubbings, the boys played hide and seek amongst the old tombstones. Then somehow...as only boys know how...they found a muddy hill to slide down on their tummies.
These are their "scary" faces. :)
They were peeking inside this huge door trying to get in. Clearly we needed a key.
As they were zombie walking around...
We found the key! This statue was holding it. But it was too high to reach. Ah...the imagination of little boys!
It was such a fun spooky fall afternoon that we're planning on going back again for more rubbings. The pictures make amazing Halloween decorations...and we loved seeing the stones reveal themselves under our crayons!
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