Halloween Family Night

As is our tradition every year, we had our family night devoted to the festivities of Halloween. We spent a good hour and 15 minutes de-gooing the innards and carving.

Starting from the left:

Christianna took a stab at making a haunted house - literally! After the house was all done, with a little help - she took her kids knife and stabbed the heck out of that sucker! It turned out pretty neat & once there are candles lit inside, it's fantastic.
Victoria went pirate on us. AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR! She carved out a fantastic rendition of Captain Jack Sparrow, note the goatee. She did it all on her own!

I did just a fun face with these pieces sticking out. Who knew that the Pampered Chef Corer could produce so much pumpkin fun?

Lastly, is Chris's pumpkin. HE always realizes, after the fact- of course, that the top hole needs to be cut a bit larger in order to de-gut it. For some reason I think of the Fonz saying "aye" as I look at it. Or maybe the Fonz being a little loopy after a little too much.....well, I am sure you get the idea.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this years festivities in your own homes. We have been excited all month for it. (Our new neighbors even know how important it is since most of them commented on the fact that we had the outside decorated about the 2nd week of October...BEFORE we had everything moved in. And you know what? It was killing me to not be able to decorate earlier!)