Pumpkins

In preparation for the trick or treaters Sunday night, Dave and I did a little decorating.  We have a few lights, some small decorations and of course, we carved pumpkins.

We take our pumpkin carving pretty seriously.  Dave is really good at it and I've definitely gotten better.  Last year we bought two sets of tools so that we don't have to fight over them.  And we probably spent more time that necessary trying to decide what to carve on our pumpkins.  But the end result was pretty good.

My Pumpkin

Dave's Pumpkin

Not bad, huh?  We got some comments from the kids that came by.  Unfortunately it was really cold and windy on Sunday night, so we only had about half of the number of trick or treaters we usually get.  We started giving out by candy by the handful (to costumed kids only), but we still have a bunch left over.

We were a little disappointed in the kids' costumes this year.  While some of the kids had costumes we couldn't see completely because they were covered in coats or sweatshirts, others just seems to be wearing sweatshirts. Some at least put on a mask. Quite disheartening to see a lot of people not even bother to try; just knocking on doors for candy.  But there were a few good ones--two brothers as a ninja and Optimus Prime.  Another girl was a nun.  A few princesses and one girl had a great Sheriff get-up.  And all of them got a little extra candy from us.