October Glow

For the past few weeks I've been super excited about carving a pumpkin for Halloween. I don't really know why... I suppose that while I was in college, holidays were never properly celebrated because I was so busy. (And, I guess, because all college students typically do on holidays is get wasted, which isn't really my idea of fun.) But now that I'm an adult and have money and my own place, I can actually decorate and have fun and create some holiday traditions for our new little family. =^)

Yesterday, we went to the grocery store and picked out two pumpkins. (I got a little one because I thought it was cute!) We also got a cheap carving kit, a couple of candles to put inside, and a pumpkin pie that we can enjoy while we hand out candy to trick-or-treaters on Friday night. I've also been scouring the TV guide for any fun (not scary) Halloween movies that we can DVR and watch throughout the week. So far we've watched 'The Mummy", Tim Burton's "The Corpse Bride" and "Hocus Pocus".

Of course, being the crazy, creative types that we are, we were not satisfied with merely carving goofy faces on our pumpkins. No, we spent several minutes on the computer designing our own patterns with tracing paper, and then spent the better part of the afternoon meticulously etching them onto our orange palates. I chose to do the Harry Potter logo because it was simple enough to do on a small surface but still relates to movies and has a Halloween-ish feel. James on the other hand did a stunningly shaded cut-out of an F-16 fighter jet on the front of his. I can't believe that he pulled it off...but I suppose that, if any one could do it, he could! I can't wait to light them up on Friday and see everyone's reaction. Now our only problem will be figuring out how to top that next year!