Thursday night was pumpkin carving night and Abe was in fine form. Usually Clark is his right hand man-- a loyal and true pumpkin carving work-horse. Without Clark, the job of carving 11 pumpkins was much more daunting. But tradition called and Abe answered.
Out of sheer love for Abe, I gutted a few pumpkins. You may recall, I do NOT enjoy carving pumpkins.
Faith stepped up and was very helpful.
Elinor has been more helpful in years past... but then she discovered boys and texting... and oh, well. It was nice while it lasted.
The finished products!! My favorite is the Texas pumpkin in the middle-- that's obviously Clark's pumpkin. Other notable pumpkins are the palm tree on the left-- that's Bethany's in honor of the
South Pacific play, the "BW" pumpkin on the top right-- that's Cannon's Ballet West pumpkin, and lastly, the "CHUMS"-- that's Faith's in honor of her best friend.
Abe always says they aren't that great, but they are so much better than I could ever do and they are so personalized to each child. Of course, he doesn't have to carve pumpkins for lazy children who don't want to carve their own pumpkins, but he does it because he loves them and we all enjoy seeing the finished products.
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