Category Archives: Halloween

Front Foyer on Halloween…boys in the house!

November 8, 2011HalloweenKirsetin

No girls here, clearly. The shoes I could do without, but check out the boys’

awesome pumpkin carvings:

Can you tell what they are? Here they are in the dark:

I didn’t know what that one on the left was, but every boy from age 3 up who

trick-or-treated here knew. Do you?

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Remember those great jack-o-lanterns my boys carved?

November 6, 2009Halloween, lifeKirsetin

We had a Clown Face,

a Spooky Ghost,

and a Scary Skull.

What we didn’t know was that we were also providing a tasty treat for our little friends outside. When I opened the front door the other morning, I noticed this:

And this:

Upon further inspection, we found this:

So much for our carved pumpkins.

But talk about great recycling!

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Carving Jack O’Lanterns with Kids

November 1, 2009family fun, HalloweenKirsetin

We started with 3 pumpkins.

Each boy chose a design from one of our template books.

We scooped out the gunk.

We saved the seeds for roasting. 3 batches this year: salt only, spicy, and sweet.

The boys each carved their own design. This was the first year everyone was able to carve relatively unassisted, which left me pumpkin-less. I didn’t expect to miss carving, but I did. So next year we’ll have to pick 4 or 5, so I can carve one, too.

They did a fantastic job!

The jack-o-lanterns looked quite scary in the dark (the skull and ghost did, anyway.)

But they weren’t the scariest things around here…

We had a ghost,

a mad scientist,

and a very pretty princess!

What a crew!

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