Halloween Pumpkins

When I was little, my parents made every holiday special and Halloween was one of my favorites. In our house, most things we did as a family were centered around the kitchen table. We would eat, color, wrap gifts, celebrate birthdays, change diapers, pay bills, and even use it as a fort and hide under it.

On Halloween, Mom would lay old newspapers out on it and Dad would bring home the biggest pumpkin I had ever seen. When it was time to carve, we would make it a big family event. My dad would use a black marker to draw the face. When the top came off and we had to scoop all the insides out we would laugh so hard! We would find fun items from around the house to dress it up with, like hats and earrings. It was so much fun! Mom would of course take so many pictures but I was having so much fun, it never bothered me.

I still remember just what to do each year when my brother finds the largest pumpkin and brings it over to mom and dad’s new house. My brother does the carving now and he makes the craziest faces you have ever seen. This year the pumpkin had a nose ring. It still makes me laugh each time we cut the top off to scoop out the insides and Mom still takes all the pictures of the big event. You will always find that big pumpkin in the front window.