Halloween!

Although I love trick or treating, dressing up, and enjoying the fall I haven't carved a pumpkin in a very long time. So this year Chris and I decided it was time! We bought a pattern book at Sm
iths, which included some great tools to get the tiny intricate patterns perfectly carved. I chose an ambitious design of a haunted house on a hill.

I think it turned out pretty well... although the middle building lost the door and window due to a poorly planned move by my thumb.

Chris on the otherhand, decided to go for a more traditional but modern pattern. I like the strategically placed eye patch over the eye. I also love the little teeth. It was a lot of fun to carve these pumpkins, but I think I'll be happy to wait another year before I carve another pumpkin.

In other news, we even tried to bake sugar cookies and to decorate them with frosting. It was the most frustrating thing in the world and I wont be baking anytime in the near future. I had help from my lovely sister in law Ami and our creativity went beyond the mere cookies and we made the spirit of Halloween dance with frosting. Alright enough with the douchey language.... here are some pictures of the cookies and some decorations.

This is abstract cookie decorating.

And here is my cookie.....

And this is Ami's pumpkin of death.