Hoppy Halloween!

I'm kind of amazed this worked.  It's a mini pumpkin lit by a birthday candle.  Now, on to the real buns...

I thought this would be fitting for all River has been through this year.  Our Very Hungry Caterpillar is devouring some oats!

And Simon proves once again that he will do anything for noogies.  The little fella was well compensated in noogies and papaya bites.

Hoppy Halloween!

Uh...Sorry I turned you into a bat.  Don't worry--I'm pretty sure the spell will wear off!

A Halloween pep talk.

"Mr. Pumpkin, we are going to conquer Halloween by getting all of the trick-or-treat candy!"
(River thinks it's a good idea to go into Beggars' Night with a battle plan.)

Thanks for visiting the blog and we hope you all have a great weekend!  We'll be back with more bunny cuteness on Monday.

We were told there'd be treats.

Hay is the opposite of treats!  (Simon and River are a bit impatient for trick-or-treat.)
Thanks for visiting the blog and we hope you all have a great weekend.  We'll be back with bunnies in costumes on Monday!

A little spooky.

River looks like she's carrying her head in her paws like it's a prop for a Halloween costume.

Happy Halloween!

Ha!  Give you treats?!  Nice trick.  Now, the way this works is that you give us treats.

I was all sorts of proud that this turned out after eight and a half hours of carving.  I haven't carved a pumpkin since I was 9 years old (pretty sure I got it all out of my system here).  I didn't have any proper carving tools, so I made do with an exacto-knife, a paring knife, a calligraphy nib, a spoon and some tips you use to pipe icing with (because they were sharp and metal).  I also found out the hard way that candles don't really work to light up a pumpkin if you don't do a cut-through.  Ben was kind enough to suggest using a light bulb from a table lamp, which is what you see sticking out of the pumpkin here (he was holding it in place so I could snap a pic of it).

I just had to do the side by side.  Hope you all have a safe and Happy Halloween!