Remember that pumpkin I carved to look like me? I entered it into the City Paper pumpkin photo contest and we won! We being the pumpkin and I. The prize was a $100 gift card to Butapub. I love Butapub! I think I will share the winnings with Aaron, because as you can see, pumpkin is not looking too good these days. Not fit to be seen in public much less have sitting across from you, oozing and molding, as you are enjoying a delicious meal.
Last weekend we took the pugs to get our pumpkins for Halloween. Isn't this a cute family photo?
Pugs among pumpkins.
Oscar was a little resistant posing. "No. I don't want to stand on the pumpkin."
We had to reposition him.
If you build it, pugs will come.
At a certain point they wanted to ride in style.
Oscar abolutely loved being pulled around on the wagon.
We had fun in the pumpkin patch and look at these three pumpkins we found.
Of all the spots we have vistied on #rocfallfarmtour, Wickham Farms is one we have been to many times before. It is our go to spot for pumpkins.
1. Cider - Wickham makes a cider from their own apples.
2. Donuts - they have lots of donuts to choose from.
3. Pumpkins - of course they have pumpkins. Besides our jack-o-lantern pumpkins, I always pick up a few of of their snack jacks. I go on about these every year. The hulless seeds are delicous roasted.
4. Apples - Several varieties of apples to choose from.
All the best of fall at one of our favorite farm markets.
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My guacamole puking pumpkin suddenly developed a condition... a bit of a growth.
This is how much it grew overnight! I was worried about leaving it at home unattended while I went to work. It might have woke up and gone and eaten the pugs.
Unfortunately it got a bit too mushy... and the experiment ended.
We enjoy a good holiday celebration (aka food) in my office so instead of just one day, we had two days of Halloween treats. This was part of the spread on Day One.
And this was a fresh spread for Day Two. Seriously we love to eat at work and sometimes I wonder what would happen if we had a situation like this... "Cake Left Out In Break Room With No Instructions" Hah hah - that article cracks me up.
"At press time, the sight of the company’s IT technician walking down the hallway with a slice of cake had reportedly triggered a mass scramble toward the kitchen."
Anyhoo - on Day One I brought in my old standby party food - artichoke dip (recipe). I added a twist though... Skelly here was crawling out of the dip.
On Day Two I didn't have time to make something because there was also a jack-o-lantern carving contest at work. I combined my snack food with my entry into this presentation - guacamole puking pumpkin!
There were some great pumpkins around the office!
I know I have sung the praises of Snack Jack Pumpkins on this blog before. They are cute little pumpkins, but it's the seeds that make them really special.
We are lucky to have a local farm market, Wickham Farms, that grows and sells them. I look forward to them every year.
Snack Jack's are unique because the seeds are hull-less. Well, they aren't really hull-less, but the hull is so thin it seems that way.
Snack Jacks have only been around since the 1980's when they were developed at the New Hampshire Experiment Station. These seeds are so delicious when roasted, I consider that an experient that went very, very well.
I totally dropped the ball taking pictures of the refreshments at our Pumpkin Carving Party. This WAS a vat full of apple cider. The sticks of cinnamon made it extra tasty.
This USED to be a crock pot full of barbeque kielbasa.
I did get a pic of some leftover hot corn dip.
and couple caprese salad bites.
I made two pies for the party.
And there was just a smidge of one pie left.
Everyone left the party with a treat bag full of votive candles for their jack-o-lantern.
So there wasn't much food left but that's the sign of a good party.
Today we had our Pumpkin Carving Party. We started off by getting our pumpkins at Wickham Farm. Tina was engrossed with finding Snack Jack pumpkins.
Everyone seemed determined to get the pumpkins that were at the bottom of the bins.
Aaron was looing for the biggest pumpkin he could find. By digging through every bin.
Some just found a pumpkin on the ground and demanded it get in their pumpkin wagon.
Success.
I found a pretty hefty pumpkin too.
Then back to the house to carve.
A lot of pumpkins were gutted today.
Look at these! The twins pumpkins couldn't be better or more different from one another.
Aaron's pumpkin is always great.
This is one of my favorite times of the year and I enjoy throwing a pumpkin carving party and Halloween dinner in October. This month has been unusually busy with our epic trip to Switzerland so it's just been Aaron and I (oh and the pugs) for our October traditions this year. Dialed back a bit but still memorable.
We swung over to Wickham Farms to get our pumpkins with Oscar and Hugo and there were photo ops everywhere.
I love this shot of Aaron staging the pugs for a pumpkin picture. Hugos eyes were practically bugging out of his head trying to take in all the activity while Oscar just went with the flow.
Look at that smile on Oscar's face!
Sometimes they get tired of me taking tons of picutures.
Aaron was on the hunt for THE largest pumpkin in the joint.
He found it.
I keep thinking I need to scale back and try to find a pumpkin that will be easy to carve.
That never seems to happen. This one was soooo heavy but he went into the cart.
The pugs are one pumpkin tall.
I wanted to get some decorative pumpkins but quickly realized they were not going to fit into the back of the Smart Car with two pugs and two ginormous pumpkins. Oscar is clearly concerned about the situation. We got everyone home in one piece, rest assured.
