Today, my slow-cooker
is doing its thing; I'm wearing an orange top to the gym; I have a midday
date with a Halloween parade; and, tonight after dinner, it'll be a
trick-or-treating extravaganza.
And also,
because witches and goblins and the state of our country right now aren't quite frightening enough, I
have a dentist's appointment.
Today also marks the thirty-first post of this month. (I don't know about you, but I'm exhausted.)
I had some
favorites, for sure.
My Top-5:
(Yes.
Clearly, I have a sweet tooth. And I'm sure I'll get hell for it at the
dentist. Sigh.)
You all
seemed to have some faves, too. Based on the page-view stats this morning, the
Top-5 most viewed posts were these:
* Trio of Beverages and Espresso-Balsamic Roasted Chicken (TIED)
* Feet Loaf
Guess we have some apple and poetry-lovers out there! (Seriously. That epitaph one was the top-viewed post of the series!)
Guess we have some apple and poetry-lovers out there! (Seriously. That epitaph one was the top-viewed post of the series!)
For today's
final post, I wanted to share our carved pumpkins.
This was the
first year I didn't help the girls clean out the innards of their pumpkins, and
that I let them use the carving tools themselves. They did a great job.
My oldest doesn't prefer touching the gunk. So I gave her gloves. Problem solved. |
Emoji face! Look at those heart eyes |
Expert carving |
Speaking of expert...my pumpkin, scooped and scraped to perfection. This is how it's done, people! |
Our one
hiccup was that my youngest had to contend with a rotten pumpkin. I don't know
if you've ever encountered this, but EW. It smelled and was off-color and oozy.
Naaaasty.
Normal pumpkin insides |
Rotten pumpkin insides (BLECH!) |
Still, all that said, she ended up making a happy-looking pumpkin
(which is her version of an emoji face) so alls well that ends well.
For my own
pumpkin, I traced a few fall leaves on there and then carved them out.
Traced leaves |
Cut out - doesn't that look cool cut out like that?? |
Lit up. Happy fall! |
My husband,
of course, carved a scary pumpkin face. (Every year, it's the same thing. He's
a traditionalist in the pumpkin department, that's fo sho.)
Here's the
whole gang all lit up.
Finally,
thank you so much for spending the month of October counting down with me. I
hope you found a few ideas to try yourself, and had some chuckles (with me? at
me? Either is fine!)
Here's to a safe, happy, treat-filled Halloween!
nice post
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