The other night, we carved our pumpkins. That was an interesting experience. Hunter had picked out a fairly large regular carving pumpkin, but Benny picked out this pink pumpkin thing. Justin bought those, but also got Benny a spare pumpkin thinking that we probably couldn't really carve the pink one.
Here are the boys with their pumpkins...
Benny and I made an effort to cut the top off of that pink pumpkin, but it became clear to me that the crust part was just too thick, I think it is really more of a squash or gourd or whatever. Anyway, not carve-able. (We were pretty sure that would be the case, but like I said..it never hurts to try). So, I put that pumpkin in the oven and baked it for quite a while until it was soft. Then I cut it up into pieces to put in the freezer for pumpkin pie later in the season. I think there was probably enough for about 3 pies! Meaty little thing, there.
So...I carved the face on Hunter's. I am SO not artsy, and it was harder than I remember. I was practically sweating! I finally got done with his (which he thought was "AWESOME!") and J said "I will do Benny's, you take a break." I was pretty grateful for that! By the way, I had cut the top off, and scooped out all the guts, so I get points for that. Anyway, the point of the story is: look how cool Benny's looks! J carved that in about 1/4 the time it took me to do Hunters. I think he wins the contest. Good thing each kid loves his pumpkin the best, and they are all that matters. Needless to say, I was a little peeved that he was so skilled in the jack-o-lantern department and had been holding out on me while I broke a sweat! Boys!
Which brings us to today...
First, the boys went to school for the day. Each of their classes had a Halloween party, and I am fairly certain they were filled up with candy and fun!
When I picked them up from school, we went over to my parent's house to show off their costumes...
Then we went to J's mom's house to meet up with our sweet niece Adi for some trick-or-treating.
Then, of course, the trick-or-treating. The boys did great! Benny was eating his candy immediately upon receiving it. He was very thankful, telling the people "mmmm...this is good! Thank you!" Hunter is more of a straight-laced type and waited until after trick or treating to dig into his candy. We did just enough trick-or-treating to say we did it, but did not stay out long at all. We had other places to be...
The other place we had in mind was non-other than the Football field! Our favorite high school team made it to the playoffs and their first playoff game was tonight. (YAY UNCLE IAN) After the big day my boys had, they turned into pumpkins around 7:45...at the end of the first quarter...but we were there to cheer uncle Ian on until then!
*just in case you didn't already know "turned into pumpkins" actually means "holy halloween, batman...apparently you are experiencing the deadly force of a SUGAR CRASH"*
I hope you all had a fantastic Halloween too!
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You should pick up one of those pumpkin carving kits on clearance today. We got one this year and it made the job so much easier!
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