Pumpkins!

Saturday, October 2nd 2010



Dayna and I set to work on our pumpkins. She covered the table with newspaper while I put on my pajamas. I got out knives, spoons, and a plate for the "guts." She said this was the first time she'd done a jack-o-loantern all on her own. She said at her dad's, they do a lot of it for her. I figured she's 15, she'll be ok. She was. She did a fantastic job! She chose an anime-inspired face. It looks great!


I tried using a template. Unfortunately, I didn't quite have the luck Dayna did. The "Happy Halloween" letters were too close for my inadequate steak knife and my pumpkin began breaking off. Oncve it was unreadable and I decided there was no hope for saving it, I improvised and made it a face :-) Then I carved "Trick or Treat" onto another side of the pumpkin. That one came out pretty good. The pumpkins look great on the patio with the mums.