Holidays

Pumpkin Carving

IMG_6919The night before Halloween we got together with Braden (my brother), Alexis, and her husband to carve pumpkins. We put the babies to bed and got to work on the carving (←I first typed “carbing” there. Uhh, which might be more accurate.) Obviously we needed some fuel for the long night of intense creativity ahead of us, so Alexis broke open a bottle of real French rosé champagne (because what goes better with pumpkin carving than champagne, right? I mean, champagne goes well with everything.)

IMG_6505IMG_6554If I wasn’t breastfeeding, I could have swum laps in that champagne. But since I’m a mama and being responsible, I had a small glass (which was still delicious, by the way). It paired well with the fancy Mexican takeout we got for dinner, and this spread of treats: IMG_6700Plus like a solid 7 pounds of Halloween candy, because obviously… IMG_6500We had to replace one of the carving pumpkins we had gotten because a squirrel ate a giant hole in it., and we actually ended up having to put the remaining two inside the house after that because the freaking squirrel returned for more (^^see the little dent in the pumpkin where he started to munch on it? So funny.) IMG_6506 IMG_6509^^I couldn’t get the top of my pumpkin off, no matter how much I pulled on it, so KC had the genius idea to get it off with a corkscrew. We thought it was hilarious that he was going to pop open my pumpkin like you would a nice beaujolais, but it actually worked!^^ IMG_6537 IMG_6543We were very serious about our carving (KC wouldn’t even disclose what he was carving and kept covering up his pumpkin anytime we tried to sneak a peek.) IMG_6564^^I’m a professional.^^ IMG_6570^^I carved the tiny pumpkin we got for P from the pumpkin patch. That might be my best carving work ever, right there.^^ IMG_6592 IMG_6594^^Braden is hilarious. (I was trying to pose with my pumpkin, but it was so freaking heavy! You’d think my little arms would be a little more prepped for this since I haul a baby around all day long, but nope.)^^

Braden also had us dying laughing because he kept singing this song.IMG_6638Look at that spooky porch! I think the pumpkin carving was quite the success. (And in case you’re curious, mine’s all the way on the left, and KC’s is the lego man.)