Sunday, October 12, 2008

Pumpkin Preparations

In the midst of all of the work this weekend around the house we did manage to have some fun! We had my son's sporting events, hours of shopping, crafting and bonding with mom/grandma.


Our last project of the weekend was carving pumpkins. We had carefully selected our pumpkins (yeah, that one looks good!) and had cleaned them out Sunday morning. T was still in emotional turmoil from Washington's loss in the final seconds that he only half-heartedly worked on his pumpkin with grandma.


Grandma on the other hand, was going to town on her pumpkin! With her trace-out sheet of a werewolf (I think!) she had carved the majority of it; however, I noticed that she failed to cut out a couple of accent cuts (oops!). In attempting to add the additional cuts, she broke the head off!


In great grandma style, she attempted to "fix" the great pumpkin by using a handful of toothpicks and candle wax. Here was her ghoulish result:




Unfortunately, it didn't remain together. I was able to keep it together, although some of the wax fell off the pumpkin.

As evening quickly approached, it was time for grandma to head home, but not before a fall family photo!


After grandma left, I carved my pumpkin and T finished his. Here is the happy family of pumpkins (werewolf, scared face and castle):


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