Like a Good Neighbor Green Bay is There

On Sunday afternoon after everyone finished up his or her homework we dug into the pumpkins . . . we literally dug in with both hands, spoons, and even an ice cream scooper.

Sue planned out her cat face pumpkin (like she does every year) while Christoph went with the nose-less smiley face. This was his first pumpkin carving experience.

 

There are many guts in a pumpkin. . .

 

. . . and seeds that we didn’t get around to roasting.

 

Here’s the ice cream scooper being put to good use. This is the first year in a long time that I designed and created a pumpkin!

 

My theme was “crazy-face” with a touch of “asymmetry” in the form of a Stephen Colbert arched eyebrow.

 

Here they are, all lit up and ready to scare little kids on Thursday night from sunset until the free candy runs out at or before 8pm.

 

Here’s a proud pumpkin carver and his opus #1

 

We will light the candles on Halloween night. I’ll be working but Sue and the kid will be here to hand out the sugar.

 

Then we watched the game.

We even made up some cheese dip in the crockpot and plugged it in with an extension cord right next to the couch to ensure that we all had a ready supply of molten cheese. Christoph borrowed my only Viking shirt while I wore a Minnesota shirt.  Sue wore something green.

Nigel did not take sides in the epic border battle that featured no defense and very little offense from the Vikings. The final score was 40 something to 31 but it was never close. The Packer punter never stepped on the field and the State Farm spokesman was on fire shooting insurance quotes with laser precision. Packer fans, just wait until he retires 10 years from now and then comes back to play first for the Jets and then for the Vikings. We’ll probably almost make it to the Superbowl when that happens. . .