Happy Halloween!
We visited the pumpkin patch a few weeks back. Checked out tons of pumpkins and picked out our favorites. The littles loved the drama of searching the field for the roundest, tallest or silliest one. Good job Daddy for diving into the muddy field, we appreciated the effort!xxoo
Pumpkins start out GREEN!
Impressive.
The Wagon was super fun!
First pumpkin for our little pumpkin.
What a dude.
What a doll.
We had a laid back actual Halloween evening (the best kind!) after a busy weekend. We carved our pumpkins by a roaring fire (thanks Daddy!), watched the first snow flurry of the season and tried to get the kiddos together for the official Halloween 2010 picture. Roasting the seeds from the pumpkins is a family tradition for us. The hubs and I have done it every year since we got married. We may have never gotten a single trick or treater EVER (not in Boston, New Haven, San Diego, or this year), but we have always had a jack-o-lantern and pumpkin seeds (and the odd Halloween candy, just in case!). Some years they are over-salted, sometimes they are burned because we forget about them and sometimes they are too raw. This year they were just right.
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
2 teaspoons butter, melted
1 pinch salt
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
Toss seeds in a bowl with the melted butter and salt. Spread the seeds in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake for about 45 minutes or until golden brown; stir occasionally.
Our snow sprinkled white pumpkin.
The big little's pumpkin.
The little little's pumpkin.
Free-handing style.
Serious stuff, we had to take off the clothes.
Scooping the goods, the "boys" are focused.
The "girls" free-hand theirs too!
First Jack-o-lantern.
The Caterpillar.
The Forest Frog.
Happy Pepitas munching!
Sending Love,
Twin A
