11.03.2014

Fall Festivities - Pumpkin Carving and Halloween

Another Fall season has arrived and with it Halloween and pumpkins, at least so far.  About a week ago I invited my nephew over to carve some pumpkins and Rebecca got pretty excited as well.  So, on a Saturday morning, after one of his hockey games, we picked up 2 pumpkins and some pizzas.  The pizzas were for lunch.  I was on scooping duty and got to help clean out the pumpkins.  Rebecca later baked the seeds for a tasty treat.  In addition to pumpkin carving we also had a bit of Halloween fun.

Although I am not a big fan of Halloween, we also found ourselves at 2 Halloween parties this year.  One happened by chance as we were out and about with my father.  While we didn't have costumes we did end up with wigs.  The second one was with some buddies and we ended up at Arooga's for a costume contest.  We didn't win, that's for sure, but I had a great time.  Also learned a new game that night...  Anyway, here are some of the photos.


(Pumpkin guts)


(More guts at the seeds that were later toasted)


(After they were all cleaned out it was time to start carving...)


(Here is my little buddy carving away)


(Rebecca took a much more artistic approach and hers took a bit longer to complete)


(The 2 carvers at work)


(Rebecca was pretty focused)


(Artsy shot for the day)


(My nephew had 2 or 3 faces on his pumpkin, I can't quite remember...)


(Rebecca still carving away)


(I will let you guess who carved which pumpkin)


(The cool thing was as you rotated my nephew's you saw a new face each time)


(My dad wanted to photo bomb)


(And we changed)


(Sitting around the campfire with Jimmy)


(Rebecca said it was a good look and I should grow my hair out)


(And we switched again)


(And again)


(And here is Rebecca in her Man U onesie)


(And this was colorful slash)

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