Skip to main content

Our Annual Pumpkin Carving Night

Some years we host a party with friends and some years we simply have a family night, but we always have a pumpkin carving night at the end of October. Its just one of our traditions. This year it was a family night that included my parents and sister.

We almost always have the same menu each year, too, but whatever the menu is it always includes white chili. Tonight's menu was:

Bread Pot Fondue
with Spicy Saltines Roasted Pumpkin Seeds White Chili Cornbreadand
Butter Cookies

Boy, was it yummy! I'll have to share that Bread Pot Fondue with Spicy Saltines with you soon. And maybe the Butter Cookies, too. Those are one of my all-time fave cookies.


After the food, we got down to business with the carving.

The Princess with Aunt KariMr. B and Vince

Nana and Papi chilled out with *It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown*. Bless their hearts, they just got home today from an almost-24-hour trip back home from Alaska. They were a little tired, to say the least.

And without further ado, here are our family pumpkins for 2009:


Vince's *Toothy Guy*:
My *Mickey Mouse*:

The Princess' *Pumpkin Snowman Stack*:
Mr. B's *Fib*(as in Larry-Boy and the Fib From Outer Space:)
How about you and your family? Do you enjoy carving pumpkins? Leave me a comment!

This post is linked to Show and Tell at My Romantic Home.

Comments

Hi Lora,

Okay, so let me get this straight so, I can mark my calendar...Same time next year, be at your house for pumpkin carving and AWESOME food! Got, it! LOL

All your pumpkins came out great and he food looks so yummy and perfect for the occasion!

Have a wonderful Day!
Hootin Anni said…
Amazing works of art!!!

And ps....has anyone told him [your father?] that he's a spittin' image of John McCain?


My Show n Tell is a slide show this week.

Happy weekend, happy Halloween if you observe it...no matter, just BE SAFE!

CLICK HERE for my Show n Tell
Glenda/MidSouth said…
Great job on the pumpkins and the food sounds so good.
{oc cottage} said…
Wow! You guys are awesome!! Great job!


m ^..^
Becky said…
I love your pumpkins! Way more creative that ours will be for sure (we're carving ours tonight I think). I can't wait to roast seeds too. And what a fun tradition for your family.... tons of great memories I'm sure.

Did your parents go on a cruise or a tour while here in Alaska? They picked the right time to come... still no snow and I love it! Although they're calling for snow earlier next week. And I know how tired they must be... it's such a long long trip (I have family in NY but have glown AK to FL too).
Kayren said…
I was waiting to see what you'd come up with this year. I had a feeling I'd see a Veggietales character from Mr. B!
Becky~
Yes, it took them about 24 hours to get home with all the delays and layovers.
My dad was speaking in a church in Wasilla. They've done the cruise before though and loved that.
yummy dishes! cornbread and chilis.. my fave! and your pumpkins carving super fun & cute!

thanks for sharing
It's so great to spend quality time with family creating memories and sharing laughter. We did the same thing at our Pumpkin Palooza last Sunday. I posted photos at The Old Parsonage. Please stop by.

Leann
steviewren said…
The pumpkins are great. All the food looks fantastic but the fondue is making my mouth water. I can't wait to read how you make it.

Happy Halloween.
Michelle M. said…
I wish I lived near you because I would totally crash that party :) It looks like a blast!
Abramyan Avenue said…
WOW!! The goodies, especially the white chili, the pumpkins, the family.... it looks like a wonderful evening! The Mickey Mouse pumpkin and the 3-stack pumpkins are my favorite! I love it! Thanks for sharing!!-April
Christie said…
What a FUN family night! The food looks like it was DELICIOUS! and your pumpkins turned out great! I can't wait to see how you make the Bread Pot Fondue. =)
Cindy said…
That looks like so much fun! I love Vince's! Those teeth are hilarious!

Popular posts from this blog

The Making of an Egyptian Death Mask

We are learning all about the ancient world this year with Story of the World I and loving it! We've been learning a lot about Egypt, of course, which is completely fascinating. Most recently we have studied the New Kingdom of Egypt, which includes the story of King Tut. So we decided making an Egyptian death mask in the style of King Tut's would be a fun project. First since it was too cold at the time to paper mache in the garage (it probably would have frozen instead of dried-ha) and it was too messy to do it in the house, we decided to pick up a couple of cheap craft masks at Hobby Lobby. Next we cut out cardboard shapes to complete the shape of the death mask, attaching them with hot glue. Vince even put a little detail on the *beard* with the hot glue per The Princess' request. Then the kiddos started to paint them with this metallic gold tempera paint. It worked okay for the cardboard, but would not coat the plastic of the mask. We thought maybe a second coat

Door Hanger Chore Charts

My kids have had a chore chart for a while.  It's one of those magnetic boards and they share it.  However, it's not by their rooms and often they (and I) forget to update it.  Plus it's a little bulky.   When I saw the concept of a door hanger chore chart on Pinterest, I loved it!  It was compact, right there were the kiddos could see it coming out and going into their rooms, and it costs almost nothing to make.   I headed over to one of my favorite stores: Hobby Lobby, of course.  They  have these little wooden door hangers for .79.  I also grabbed a couple of packets of decorative buttons for $1.99 each.  I already had the clothes pins and the paint so those cost me nothing.   I began by painting the door hangers (I used tempera paints because that's what I had).  Then I grabbed a fine point Sharpie and the clothes pins and started writing chores on them, making sure to write them correctly so they will clip on the right direction.   The left

1st Day Back to {home}School, Among Other Things

We did it! We finally got unpacked enough and got our new learning room organized enough to start back to school! Frankly, I was starting to get worried...ha Today went very well though. So far I am extremely pleased with our new curriculum choices for math and language arts. Now, if I could just actually get some lesson planning done... And get the finishing touches done in the learning room, so I can blog it! In other news, it has been a bit of a traumatic week...pet-wise. Last weekend a sweet friend (who had asked my permission beforehand) brought the kiddos their very own little fish tank with two goldfish. Well, on Sunday we noticed that The Princess' fish was pretty lethargic...dead, actually. She was sad, but she handled it fairly well. And we went to the store that evening and let her pick out a new goldfish. Well, today during our school time~the fish tank is in our learning room~we noticed Mr. B's fish was acting funny. And then he was dead. It was a