Timey Wimey Halloween



Sometimes all it takes is a little pumpkin carving and the pungent odor of pumpkin guts to recall Halloweens as a child.  Like that one time that dad helped you hollow out a pumpkin, broke the spoon scooping out the inside and cut his hand wide open.  Or that time dad chased you and your sister down the hall in the dark with the jack-o-lantern.  Turns out, dad's pumpkin is still the scariest but I kind of like my Doctor Who Tardis jack-o-lantern just fine.  And Siri's Bill Bowerman carving is a work of art, even if it looks a little like Freddie Krueger / Tom Landry.  Crossing my fingers that the neighborhood hooligans in my parents' neighborhood don't do any pumpkin smashing, at least not before Thursday.

How were your Halloween celebrations this weekend and did you guys carve any masterpieces?

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  1. I haven´t carved any since the tradition isn´t really that big (yet) here in Sweden - I do enjoy looking at them though, so I may have to try carving myself soon! :-)

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  2. Ha! Neel and I just had the conversation about when we'd get it done this week. I think Wednesday might be our best bet. Just didn't manage it this weekend. Maybe tonight though, if we're lucky. I want the roasted seeds!

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  3. Love your pumpkins! They look fantastic! I love pumpkin carving, it is so much fun!

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  4. Great craving! I'm biased, do I won't say which one I like best (the one on the left :). We were supposed to go to the pumpkin patch on Sunday, but I bought one at Safeway instead. It was a rough Sunday.

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  5. We skipped the annual Halloween party at a friend's house in favor of dinner at a Greek restaurant and seeing the ballet! I haven't carved pumpkins in years. Ever since my dad made a terrifying one and I made him keep it outside because I was crying hysterically :) I love your Doctor Who carving!! xo

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  6. That Tardis pumpkin=awesome. I'm always so lazy with the carving, worse so this year....sigh...

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  7. I just bought pumpkins for the first time in years! I'm so excited to carve them :)

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  8. omg. these are fantastic!!

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  9. So much fun! Love carving pumpkins.

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  10. those are some serious pumpkin carvings! holy cow your guys did a good job. we haven't done anything halloween related yet this year. i don't know what my problem is. what is my problem?! maybe i am just trying to stay in pre-halloween time because after halloween the busyness really begins (and the rain too). xoxo

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  11. these are great. we don't do Halloween here. the big department stores and mall have some Halloween decoration up, but otherwise everyone is gearing up for Diwali. that's going to be exciting. can you believe I've carved a pumpkin???

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  12. We carved up a pumpkin last night but we just did a simple little spooky ghost. That's about the extent of our Halloween festivities but apparent it was more than enough for the husband.

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  13. that is so awesome. i have not carved a pumpkin ever. i think last i tried pumpkin carving i decided to just making roasted pumpkin and make pumpkin soup with it, ha. i am skipping the pumpkin carving this year until my son is a bit older to really enjoy doing it on his own and giving ideas of what he wants. this is so cool though hope that i get to one day carve a pumpkin and have it look this cool !

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  14. When I was a kid I always made a scary pumpkin lol :) now I seem to make happy ones.

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  15. Oh I love these pumpkins! I think that I've only carved pumpkins once a long time ago. I should do it next year, haha.

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  16. The 50th anniversary episode is airing in select theaters...we're going to see it on the big screen.

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  17. Awesome carvings! Sorry I haven't been commenting here as much lately. I've been wanting to, especially when poor Ike hurt his hoof. I've keeping up with my blog reading, but it's been one-handed via my iPhone, in fits and starts, while nursing the baby or carrying him in an enticement to sleep, and typing long comments with just one thumb takes more skill than I have. Anyway, just wanted to say hi and let you know I'm still around! Happy Halloween!

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  18. Wow--great pumpkins! I do have a lot of great memories associated with Halloween . . . including the time my dad and I won a pumpkin carving competition. The carving wasn't so impressive as its ears and nose, I believe. :)

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  19. I see Freddie Kruger and the Nike sign ;)

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