Thursday, October 23, 2008

Giant Pumpkins

Our neighbors grow giant pumpkins and enter them in a contest each year. About a week and a half ago, we heard a lot of kids outside and went out to investigate. Several classes from the elementary school had come on a field trip to see the pumpkins. Alex got a picture with this one that has a crack in it. Because of the crack, this one is disqualified for the contest, but it was the largest one they had. They had 2 more that were a bit smaller and they entered them. They won! Hurray for giant pumpkins. After the contest, they brought the cracked one to the front of the house.
A couple of nights later, it was carved into a giant jack-o-lantern. Alex is proudly sporting his ghost flashlight he got in his kid's meal from Arctic Circle.

5 comments:

Toni said...

That's so cool that they carved it into a jack-o-lantern.

JILL said...

That is so awesome for your kids. What cool neighbors you have!

Jennie said...

I love it. However, I can't even imagine trying to carve it!

Shelly! said...

Oh my gosh. How cool is it to say that your neighbors grow award winning giant pumpkins! How fuN!

mama fish said...

That is crazy!!! I think it would be days before I could dig through all those insides.