The weekend before Halloween and that means pumpkin carving! Of course, these will have to sit in buckets of water to keep from shriveling until Thursday, but who is to pass up a chance to get together, right?
Last minute pumpkin shopping. My mother clued us in to a sale of $3 pumpkins. I thought they would be picked over, but there were still a lot left!
We got 3 pumpkins because at $3, why wouldn’t you? 
We made the pumpkin dump cake for the family since they never got to try any of the one I made for my garden club and John wanted it again.
We also had apple slices and my sister brought pumpkin bread. Plus I made a loaded baked potato dip. (My family will never starve when we get together 🙄 )This is just cooked bacon, shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream and a bit of hot sauce.
My father said this may have supplanted his favorite onion dip! I figured he would enjoy this and I was right.
The mess being made!
Pixie seemed like she didn’t quite know what to do.
My planned design:
I always worry about cutting it out wrong once the pattern is transferred to the pumpkin! All turned out good, though.
My sister brought a pumpkin kit that I can’t remember the name of where you just do a design in the skin without cutting all the way through. Here is that:
After carving, the nieces got manicures and my mom put on her black widow costume, which I should have gotten a picture of 😀
All the pumpkins in a row:
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John decided to do a Broncos pumpkin, which came out really good!
I have one other pumpkin to carve that I will probably do on Wednesday night.
Always a fun time getting together! Biking update – this week was slim pickings, but I did get in some riding and mileage sits at 2388 – that’s 112 miles to go!
Today’s pink item:
Your pumpkins turned out nice! We carved ours this week too 🙂 Did you roast the seeds?
Thank you! My sister took the seeds to roast. I am not a big fan.
We had a great time! Thanks for hosting another fun party! Pixie is so cute. Looks like she has turned her back on all of us.
Pixie is sleeping like a log – think she likes the quiet now 😀
I am all caught up again. Love the Pixie pics! She is just lovely. The dip looks so good! I was hoping to see close ups of the pumpkins and my wish was granted. What a great job!
Thanks! It’s easy with a pattern 😀
LOve the pumpkin with the writing! Mmm–can’t believe you don’t like pumpkin seeds. I only made them once, but I loved them. Sweet and spicy or something like that.
The seeds seem really fibrous to me, which is why I don’t like them. Maybe they were cook wrong.
So very cool that y’all get together and turn pumpkin carving into a big event!!!
Love the picture of all the pumpkins on the rail – we haven’t carved pumpkins this year – not sure it will happen this week either.
I wish I could keep all the pumpkins LOL!
Pumpkin Dump Cake Recipe??? Looks yummy.
Here is a link http://www.thepickyapple.com/blog/2008/11/22/pumpkin-crunch-cake/
We don’t celebrate Halloween but every year I see this post, I know it’s that time of year. All the pumpkins look great as usual. Look like you all had a great time together.
We did have fun. I love carving the pumpkins and the neighborhood kids seem to love them on Halloween!
GOOD?
the pumpkin turned out amazing.
WE USED STICKERS 😉
I thought about painting the pumpkins 😀
You make me want to carve a pumpkin! When Little Helen was home we did it and always looked forward to roasting the seeds afterwards. I do think that in-shell pumpkin seeds are a bit fibrous and you definitely have to have a taste for them.
Go ahead and carve! It’s fun and I love the kids’ reactions to them when trick or treating 😀
LOVE!!!!!!!!!! So fun!!! Pixie is hilarious!!! Liked she turned her back on you all! 😉
I got my pumpkin for $2!!! Walmart had a ton for that & still selling!
How fun! You make me want to go carve a pumpkin…haven’t done one in a few years (coincidentally since the kids left home). I’ve also wanted to try that skin carving technique (sounds a little gruesome out of context, haha) – they all look great.
Oh and I love pumpkin seeds, so there’s that. Hmmm, I think I will head out to the store!
The pumpkins look marvelous! What talent!! I think Pixie looked perfectly happy perched on that chair. She’s right in the crux of the action but still being lazy. 🙂
That dip sounds delicious!
It’s been ages since I’ve carved pumpkins. Now I wish I’d done that this year…
What a fun together and awesome pumkin carving. I haven’t carved a pumpkin in years nor have I been to a pumpkin farm in forever!
The pumpkins look amazing! Love the Enter If You Dare one! I don’t know if I would have dared carving it… 🙂 And you got such a great deal on your pumpkins! I took the kid to an overpriced pumpkin patch, and we paid $5 for a pretty small one…
No more pumpkin carving for this kid! Did it all the while daughter was growing up but once she left
home i said no more for me! Now i buy the fake kind. Light them up at night and you can’t
tell the difference. But it must be so much fun doing it with your family…Daughter would stick
her hand in it and go ‘Eewwwww’ and mom did the rest…..sigh…. Yours look terriffic!! Happy Halloween Lori!!! Hugs! deb
That’s a steal on the pumpkins – at Sam’s club they were $9!! Granted, they were big, but still!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the pumpkins Lori!!!! (and I LOVE the Pixie pics from your last post!!! She’s got it good!!) Have a great day!
You all did an awesome job on those pumpkins. I’m totally impressed!