I Do It Myself

I carved the Halloween pumpkins by myself this year. It was fun. I freehanded the faces, did a cursory job of clearing out the gooey interiors, and had a few beauties completed in a half-hour.

Although I have great memories of carving bright orange faces with my kids, this year had its advantages. Nobody complained that there were stringy squishy pieces hanging down behind the eye holes, no one was upset that his brother got one more crooked tooth in his pumpkin's mouth than he did, and no one insisted that we clean and roast every single seed.

Still, I do miss moments like this:



Happy Halloween!