Trick or Treat

In keeping with our annual Pumpkin Carving traditions, we invited some cousins over to carve pumpkins. Whether free hand or pre-printed, everyone picked their own designs and got straight to work. It was Aunt Mariann's first time ever to carve a pumpkin! Josiah at 7years old carved her pumpkin all by herself. Adalie did all her carving and most of her goo scooping.... how brave of our little one who doesn't like things dirty or squishy! Daddy free hand carved Rocky Raccoon, a character in many of his make believe stories. And Mommy carved a mad-mummy....

The treat however, was the trick-or-treating we got to do afterwards. I mean real, door to door, knock, say "trick-or-treat", get a candy and run to the next house kind of trick-or-treating. Those of you who live in the city have the trick-or-treating advantage. Here in the mountains there is 1 neighborhood and thankfully they go all out for the occasion. Houses are decorated and candy is piled high! It was fun to see all the kids you know dressed in costumes with their parents in tow.

When we returned home, we lit our pumpkins and ate carmel apples. It was hard to judge who the winner was.... the first time witch, the political "vote 4 Seth", the original face, the free hand Raccon, the freehand alligator eating a fish...... instead we will just count ourselves blessed to have had some fun together!!