Halloween

Our Pumpkin Carving Party was pretty successfull. The turnout was lower than usualy, partly due to our late anoucements. This means that I'll be brownbagging my soup for lunch for pretty much the entire week. I'll need to remember to have it on Sunday next year -- waiting until after standard time returns would allow me to take better pumpkin pictures before people left. I forgot to take picts during most of the party, so I only have a few of the finished creations.

Once again, I put off coming up with a pattern until the last minute and so did mine freehand. I based it on Magda's toothy grin, but it looks a bit like an offensive WWII caricature... While surfing for inspiration, I came across Villafane Studios -- now that's pumpkin carving!

We spent Halloween at home, handing out candy to kids in cute costumes and, later, to pretty much anyone who'd ring the door bell. Jennifer created Magda's costume from a Statue of Liberty hat she got her in New York and from an old T-Shirt of mine. The hat stayed on for less than a minute, but Magda had a blast playing with it, none the less.