Happy Halloween 2020
Happy Halloween to you all.
This year, Xavier dressed as a chicken. Mom made a felt body, bought some white sweat pants and started sewing on feathers.
Xavier informed Rebecca after two rows of feathers that was all he wanted. Less work for Mom.
As for his pumpkins, he sold all but three. So, we had the three we kept plus three more to carve.
We carved our first one Thursday after school. The rest we carved today.
Or, perhaps, Dad carved four of the five remaining today. Xavier had the neighbor kids over to play just after we sat down to carve the first pumpkin.
Xavier really wanted to have one pumpkin eating another. This was the one we carved on Thursday.
With one notable exception, we decided to keep the carving to simple, more traditional faces.
With so many pumpkins to carve and an impatient seven year old, it was a real sanity saver.
Rebecca took some of the meat from one of the pumpkins (the spider's legs, thorax and abdomen) and made pumpkin soup for supper.
The neighbor kids came over and Xavier and Rebecca joined them in making the neighborhood rounds. Not many houses participated, but Xavier still had a full bag, including a "Vote for Trump" box of chocolates.