Its the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

Or if not, it's the Great Pumpkin Carving Bash Charlie Brown.

And great it was.

Wow. I haven't been in stitches over conversations in a long time.  Without going into too much detail because this is a PG-13 blog we discuss politics, porn, children, chocolate, the 3 day, food, chocolate, pumpkins, drill bits, chocolate, food, and porn.

I think that covered it.

First let's talk food.  I asked all my scary guests to bring their scariest appetizers.  And there were a few scary items.  One contained bell peppers. Blech!  I made chocolate cupcakes...TWICE.  I had an issue with the first homemade batch that sent me scrambling across the street to QFC to buy cake mix to make a second batch - that was scary.  I put chocolate ganache as the frosting to make it no so scary.

I made Spider Deviled Eggs.  Good times.  And let me tell you, for the first time EVER, I didn't break a single egg white shell. You know how when you're making deviled eggs you get a little aggressive with the whites and sometimes they rip.  Or is it just me? Never mind. They were good.

I don't know this person sitting next to me. Okay it's Blueberry.  We were playing the "see food" photo op game...well okay she was playing.  I was supposed to, but I thought it way funnier if only she did it. That was so witchy of me.

 Back to the food.  Eyeballs anyone? ChickenLady brought these fabulous white bread roll ups with pimiento spread and green olives.  Hello 70's!  They were quite tasty.  For eyeballs anyhow.

The eyeballs later got used as eyes in my pumpkin.  Creative don't ya think? That thing hangin out of its mouth is a tongue or also known as a shrimp.

Back to the food, we had a lot.  I need not say more.  There was a lot. 

I don't know these crazy people who took over my house.

Okay, I know them.  From Left to Righ: Crazy Lori, ChickenLady, Me, Seattle SIL, Mr. Volleyball (the token male), Gypsy Moth, Blueberry, Claudia and Suzanne.  Crazy! The lot of them.

I had all my hats out of the closet and asked each guest to wear one. Crazy Lori came with her own, but everyone was a sport and sported a hat or headband.

  

For the first time every, we had a drill at the pumpkin carving. Claudia gets the prize for not only the most creative carving instrument, but the messiest!  I'll never get all the pumpkin guts off my floor!

She had a very holy pumpkin. I felt like I should have it blessed.

 Oh look ... more food...

 At the end of the night, we had pumpkin guts everywhere, no cut fingers, and some darn creative pumpkins.

Oh and my skel-a-mingos scared away all the bad vibes.

Gypsy Moth's Pumpkin.  Windows with a door. Cute. Clever.

Claudia's Holy Pumpkin...

She cut her pumpkin in half to make it easier to clean...to me it looks like a pumpkin had exploded.

ChickenLady gets BIG KUDOS for free-handing this. 

Blueberry's Masterpiece...

So I have to admit she's related? 

So until next year...you all stay safe, plan ahead for your carving art, and don't take candy from strangers.