Okay, so we got our pumpkins a few weeks ago, but never got around to carving them until this morning. Life has kept us insanely busy these past months, so we are grateful we even found time to get them done at all. We woke up, had some breakfast, and got right to it, despite my feeling a little under the weather. I've had an ick that has just lingered and keep battling pink eye. Who needs Halloween makeup with that? Anyhow, the kids and DH cleaned both of the pumpkins out and helped decide on a face. I drew the outline and then carved them. My hand was very sore by the time I was done, but I was pretty proud of how they turned out.
After getting some household chores done, K and I both took a much-needed nap. N and DH spent some quality time together. By mid-afternoon, we figured we had better get an early dinner going. After the kids ate, we got them into their costumes. K dressed up as a little devil and N was a cowboy. Ironically, K was a cowgirl last year, but she wanted something "scarier" this year. If only she knew she's too cute to be scary. :) After taking the requisite photo ops, we headed out for trick-or-treating around the neighborhood. As we made our way through the houses, we had to make a special stop at one particularly popular house.
Every year, this house of thespians deck out their garage and yard and put on a free haunted house for all the neighborhood kids. They tweak the theme just a little bit each year to keep it fresh. We never miss it. They were going for a sort of a twisted Puritanical theme. They attract people of all ages to their haunted house, but thankfully tone it down for the little ones so as not to scare them too much. K clung pretty tightly to me, but she was a trooper. N sort of took it all in with an incredulous look of why are all these people acting so strangely. He was startled a few times, but he has a higher fear tolerance I think. One really great feature of their yard is all the great jack-o-lanterns and their detailed carvings.
I love celebrating Halloween and all the spooky stuff that goes with it. The kids look forward to it every year and enjoy putting on different costumes each time. We limit their candy intake to one per day max, so we aren't taking dental trips all winter long. Now we can look forward to lots of family visits with Thanksgiving and Christmas on the horizon. But first, we need to make a trip to get our first eggnog of the season, which typically goes on sale right after Halloween.
After getting some household chores done, K and I both took a much-needed nap. N and DH spent some quality time together. By mid-afternoon, we figured we had better get an early dinner going. After the kids ate, we got them into their costumes. K dressed up as a little devil and N was a cowboy. Ironically, K was a cowgirl last year, but she wanted something "scarier" this year. If only she knew she's too cute to be scary. :) After taking the requisite photo ops, we headed out for trick-or-treating around the neighborhood. As we made our way through the houses, we had to make a special stop at one particularly popular house.
Every year, this house of thespians deck out their garage and yard and put on a free haunted house for all the neighborhood kids. They tweak the theme just a little bit each year to keep it fresh. We never miss it. They were going for a sort of a twisted Puritanical theme. They attract people of all ages to their haunted house, but thankfully tone it down for the little ones so as not to scare them too much. K clung pretty tightly to me, but she was a trooper. N sort of took it all in with an incredulous look of why are all these people acting so strangely. He was startled a few times, but he has a higher fear tolerance I think. One really great feature of their yard is all the great jack-o-lanterns and their detailed carvings.
I love celebrating Halloween and all the spooky stuff that goes with it. The kids look forward to it every year and enjoy putting on different costumes each time. We limit their candy intake to one per day max, so we aren't taking dental trips all winter long. Now we can look forward to lots of family visits with Thanksgiving and Christmas on the horizon. But first, we need to make a trip to get our first eggnog of the season, which typically goes on sale right after Halloween.
Cleaning out the pumpkin guts DH likes to say
Carving takes time
Zipperhead
Jack-0-lantern
Desperado
Little Devil
Ready for tricks and treats
Haunted House getting set up...we were earlybirds to beat the crowds
Old-fashioned stockade
Possessed Puritan
Welcome to our humble abode. Enter if you dare!
Pumpkin graveyard
Just a sample of their carving talent
Trick-or-Treating
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