Trick or Treat! (the pumpkins)

So...Friday was Halloween, and
we celebrated by carving (and painting) pumpkins, and dressing up in costumes to beg for candy in the surrounding neighborhoods. : )

Here's Dave, with his favorite carving knife. Heather looks a little worried, there...lol





Here's Heather, scooping out pumpkin guts...








Deciding on how his face is going to look...






This year was the first year that Heather got to carve her pumpkin (pretty much) by herself.






And the finished jack-o'-lantern! Heather thought he needed some paint as a finishing touch.






Meanwhile, Rachele was getting her kids set to paint their pumpkins.






Iris had fun painting hers. : )







Aidan's pumpkin is full of personality! : )








And, oh, yes, we mustn't forget about the pumpkin-goop
tossing, or....





the paint smearing! Dave did the goop tossing, and Tree did the paint smearing. I think Rachele is plotting revenge at some point soon...lol





For some reason, people insist on taking pictures of me, too, so here I am cleaning out my pumpkin...






Carving the pumpkin....







It looks better when it's lit up!







See, what'd I tell you? Pretty spiffy, no?

And really, I think that's enough pictures for this post. I'm going to do a separate one for the costumes and decorations.

Yes, today...sheesh...