Every year my husband, son and I attend a Pumpkin Carving Fest at my sister-in-law’s home. We carve ourselves some jack-o-lanterns and create our own pumpkin patch. Each year, I spend a great deal of time carving my pumpkins, always with a focus on the details. Here are some photos of our pumpkin carving event this year.
Digging in……Ewe…pumpkin guts!
The finished product! Complete with warts, a scar and lots of teeth!
Here is my son, Paul, dressed up as Link, from the Zelda video game.
It’s his favorite character. He looks just like him.
Paul as Link, jumping in mid-air.
The children parade in costumes down the street and around the culdesac.
My son was the oldest of the bunch this year.
Halloween group photo. The wee ones are what’s it’s all about!
Paul (as Link) in the Pumpkin Patch.
The kiss of the Spider Woman! Smooch!
Happy Hallow’s Eve to all my DeafRead friends, readers and family!
~ LaRonda
That sounds fun! You guys must really enjoyed Halloween! Your son, Paul looks so adorable as Link. Yeah, I’m huge fan of Legend of Zelda because I’ve had played that for years since the original came out. Now I don’t have Nintendo or any game consoles any longer. But when I see that Link jumping, that made me want to rush to the store to buy the console and Legend of Zelda and series games.
Happy Halloween to you all, too.
Misha
Left by Misha on October 31st, 2007
ha, ha, ha
Sure, it looks a lot of fun; thanks for sharing! I agree with Misha that your son is adorable! My kids had fun last night and got a bunch of candies! Two or three weeks ago, my kids and I craved the pumkin. You know, my kids can’t wait, so we went ahead to do craving. My hubby put the candle in the craved pumkin last night and noticed it was moldy, ha ha! After the trick or treat, he threw the old pumkin away. =)
I just posted my friend’s daughter’s cuteeeee poem on my v-blog! You might want to see her little poem which is called, ” Halloween’s here.”
Left by Deb Ann on November 1st, 2007
Thanks for sharing. I know-ugh-pumpkin guts. Not my favorite part either.
I know I don’t post much, but I am reading your posts when I can.
Glad your son had a wonderful time as Link. To me, Halloween is just a fantasy day where you get to dress up and have fun. Take care.
Left by Shari on November 2nd, 2007
LINK!!! I immediately recognized your son’s costume. Link was the very first video game I played. I had to LOL. Yes, he does look like a Link. Happy Halloween!
Left by Hana on November 6th, 2007
Hi, LaRonda! I’d be interested, as I continue to struggle with this, on how you came to resolve the apparent conflict between Christianity and Halloween.
Left by zbassman on November 9th, 2007
Hi zbassman,
I have always viewed Halloween as an American holiday in which we express our creativity. Creating costumes has always been a fun goal as the holiday builds up. My inner muse gets excited and my costumes or those for my child are often unique, and usually not the scary kind, but really creative. One year my husband dressed up as Daniel Day Lewis in The Last of The Mohikans, and I dressed up as my “Inner-Child.” Nothing satanic or un-Christian about these kind of costumes. This year, my son dressed up as Link, an elf-boy in his video game. The year before that, he was a Ninja, and before that he was Crash Bandicoot - another video game character that is not at all scary.
The pumpkin carving event is a family event where we gather and celebrate the season of Autumn. The little ones dress up in costumes (never scary) and parade around the neighborhood. The pumpkins are carved with everything from traditional jack-o-lantern faces to words carved in them, like “Go 49ers!” Again, there is simply nothing creepy or satanic or un-Christian about gathering with children, dressing up in fun costumes or carving pumpkins.
Halloween is a time to let the creative juices flow. To me, it is a holiday with great creative outlets to express myself, to foster creativity in my son, and to focus on gathering or parties to make merry.
I don’t believe any of that goes against Christian beliefs. As for scary decorations, etc. they are simply not my taste, so we don’t use them much. This is how we celebrate Halloween and have kept it a positive family event and an outlet for creative self-expression.
~ LaRonda
Left by LaRonda on November 10th, 2007