The Week of Halloween...Part 1

Here's our annual carve-o-rama. We found the perfect pumpkins at Hy-Vee and they were huge...and only $3.99 each!! Our finished jack-o's didn't turn out as great as they have in years past, but they're still ones that we're quite fond of.

Dustin did all of the lid carving

Dustin with his lid

This is Aidan's main contribution to the evening...scraping dirt off of the pumpkins.

Katarina browsing the stencil book for an idea

Madisson checking out another book looking for the perfect peace sign

Okay, so here are some of the silly pictures. Madisson wanted to try pumpkin in it's raw form. Needless to say she didn't think it tasted as good as it does when in pie shaped slices surrounded by crust & cool whip!

Then of course comes Katarina. I don't know how to explain this photo...it's pretty much typical Katarina.

Aidan and Katarina pounding peace-sign pegs into Kat's lantern
Aidan enjoyed playing with his pumpkin lid after scooping out the squishy guts

I'm going to have to run out and take pictures of the pumpkins sitting on the porch to show final creations. My hands were so full of "gook & stuff" that I didn't dare touch my camera that night. Quite honestly I didn't realize that I hadn't taken the finished photos until just now! I'll be right back.......(pretend like you're waiting for me).......................................................................I'm finally back!

Okay, try to stay with me. Madisson messed up her pumpkin and decided to let Katarina "finish" it for her. In turn, Katarina let Madisson carve her pumpkin for her. Katarina put peace sign pegs into Aidan's pumpkin since he was only interested in playing in the squishiness of the "guts".

Aidan's/Katarina's "Peace" Jack

Katarina's/Madisson's Jack

Dustins's Giant Grin Jack

And, of course, this is my Mickey Jack

I don't have a photo to show of Madisson's/Katarina's House Jack because there was so little of it left after Katarina the hacker got finished with it that it only lasted a day until it slumped over into a limp pumpkin mess. But here's an old Halloween photo to make up for it!