Erica's #72 - Carve Halloween pumpkins (10/29/2013)

This goal wasn't a stretch, as we've carved pumpkins together every year since we met.  We take a trip out to a local pumpkin patch, sometimes take the hayride out to select our own pumpkin from the field (we skipped that this year since we waited until the Sunday before Halloween to even get our pumpkins!), then come home and carve away as the dogs enjoy a delicious snack of pumpkin innards!

Yes, most years we are the only awesome people without kids riding the hayride out to pick out our own pumpkins in the fields.  We are also the mean people on the street that turn out the porch light and don't hand out candy - mostly because we have two dogs who go nuts every time there is a knock on the door or the doorbell rings.

We have tried the old leaving a bowl of candy on the porch, but that lasts 10 minutes until the greedy kid dumps it all in his bag.  So, instead we just save our money, and go pick up some of the half off candy for ourselves the next day.  Not greedy at all...

This year, trick-or-treating was postponed by one night, so all the half off candy was gone before we got to the store on November 1st.  People aren't dumb...they waited to buy their candy for trick-or-treaters until it was on sale.  My typical plan backfired, and we only scored some weird Halloween cotton candy, the last package of Halloween Oreos, Halloween Peeps, and Starburst Candy Corn.  Most of that was extremely underwhelming, with the exception of the Oreos.  We overdosed on sugar for a weekend, and I'm sure my waistline will pay for that.

Here are this year's carving photos...note the eager looks on the boys' faces!  Can I have some, please?!?

They're trying to be patient, but they failed miserably.  Surprisingly, Louie enjoyed the pumpkin treats more than Rudy this year - usually that Puggle will almost take your hand off to get a bite of pumpkin!

Here's the finished product:

A good time was had by all!  Hope you all had a Happy Halloween!