All Winter long our neighbor requested that we bring our Alpaca poo over to his house so he could compost it for his gardens. There were times he even helped us scoop poo and being one that never turns down poo scoopin' help, we let him. Well, his secret mission was to improve the flower gardens and his pumpkin patch and it payed off. He had his best pumpkin harvest ever! He had so many pumpkins that he invited everyone on the road plus some to come and pick out their own pumpkins. Of course, Brother Bear and Sister Bear were eager to get their pumpkin carving groove on so...we had a pumpkin carving party.
Sister Bear looked in a Halloween Pumpkin book for her design inspiration while Brother Bear wanted to use a character from a game called Empires & Allies. Well, his drawing didn't turn out how he wanted although we thought it was awesome. Grumpy went ahead and cut it out while Brother Bear had a breakdown. I thought it was a super creative choice and one that was totally unexpected from my Star Wars crazed son.
I loved the pumpkins that the kids made and we have been enjoying toasted pumpkin seeds all week. I love that Grumpy also created his very own jack-o-lantern too. Halloween rocks!
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how awesome for both your family and your neighbor! I bet he will continue to help out with the poo after this crop! Cool pumpkins!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful family day!
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome--pumpkin carving is the best, and even when things don't turn out as kids want, they can still be utterly awesome, like your son's pumpkin!
ReplyDeleteI always loved carving pumpkins.. and of course the pepitas after are awesome!
ReplyDeleteSaying that your son is "Star Wars crazed" sure makes me smile... I remember waiting to see Star Wars in the theatre. We didn't go to the movies very often. There was a long wait in a line that went around the building, then the grand entrance into the theatre and then Star Wars opening scene... It was amazing! I was about 6 years old
Super pumpkins and a great way to get rid of the alpaca poo!
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