Friday, November 2, 2007

Halloween and pumpkins!

We had a lovely Halloween. Okay, it was busy and crazy, but the kids had fun. We baked most of the day and then carved pupmpkins. The kids drew their faces (or Emily drew hers, Eric's, and Karen's- all the same and Caitlyn drew hers.) I took the liberty to make Karen's different.
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Then they got into costume. The girls were Mary, Laura, and Carrie. Eric was a crocodile and Ben a dragon.
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They went out and got tons and tons of candy. I need to find someplace to donate it.

The day after Halloween was pumpkin cooking day. I cooked all four jack o'lanterns.


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Caitlyn's

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Karen's

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Emily's

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And Eric's. (I forgot to take the picture prior to slicing in half.)


What I did with the pumpkin after baking it. This is Karen's and maybe Eric's.
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This is Emily's and Caitlyn's.
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This was last night's dinner: Pumpkin Chili. It was really good!
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Here's my giant pumpkin which I haven't carved yet.
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I am tired of pumpkins!!! Today is a day to take it easy, clean house, and order pizza.

3 comments:

Heidi said...

Looks like so much fun Christine!!! Fun for the kids, so much work for mom! ;)

frugalmom said...

That is one huge pumpkin! Did you have to roll it to get it in the house?

christineka said...

I rolled the pumpkin through the snow out of the garden. I picked it up to get it in the house though. My guess is that it weighs 50 pounds.