pumpkin patch kids

sometimes, it's just a good time to do something old-school. i find it so refreshing to engage in activities reminiscent of the purer, less-jaded days of yore. it is so nice to sit back, relax, and have some good clean fun...carve a pumpkin! laugh a little! don't forget the snacks.

so we did it. a few girlfriends and i carved pumpkins the other night. here's a little glimpse of the scene:
we forgot candles, so you can't really see, but from the left, we have:

-quyen's "monster!"
-melinda's "tim burton-inspired jack-o-lantern"
-nic's "john lennon?" (i think it was supposed to be a scary lady (weird) but it ended up looking like one of those greasy dungeons & dragons/magic card guys from high school...the whole thing just kind of makes me uncomfortable)
-jen/tiff's "recession pumpkin" (they split one, so each carved one side of the face)

we laughed so hard we cried. and we ate snacks. like a lot of them. ok, I ate a lot of them.

here's me with my pumpkin, giving you a curtsy (i know you can't really see it, but believe me anyway):

and now, i implore you, little bumpkins, go on and carpe snacks and pumpkins.