On Saturday we went on a pumpkin hunt and all found suitable pumpkins for carving although wandering up and down Shields Road looking at the selection the various produce stands had for sale does not compare to going to an apple orchard or pumpkin patch to find the perfect pumpkin! Even looking through the giant bins of pumpkins at Cub was more eventful than our frantic search for pumpkins. Oh well. We were very last minute shoppers for our pumpkins so we couldn’t really expect much. Also, we were looking for a pumpkin carving kit and never found one. We weren't sure how our kitchen knives would work but they ended up working just fine.
All our pumpkins - Melissa, Abby, Me
We all did various things in the morning, ignored one trick-or-treater at about 4:30 pm, went to church, ate dinner and carved pumpkins while watching “It’s the great pumpkin Charlie Brown”. We were not interrupted once by any other trick-or-treaters. We were told to avoid answering the door because the kids are not supposed to know where we live. It turned out not to be a problem, either there just weren’t many or they all came while we were at church. Since we have been going to church in town, the whole trip takes about 2 hours so there is a good chance the rest of the trick-or-treaters came while we were gone (between 6:15 and 8:15 pm). Halloween is growing into a bigger holiday here but it is nothing compared to Halloween in the US. We had a good time carving our pumpkins and put tea candles inside. By looking at our pumpkins you can totally tell that Abby is an artist and I am not! Her pumpkin design is many many times more complicated than mine! Melissa’s is more advanced as well. Mine was simple but that is fine with me. I had fun carving my pumpkin and since it was small, it was really easy to clean out! I hope you all had a fun Halloween!
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