Ta Da! Happy Halloween!

Rachel and I finished the costume! Drum roll please.... Presenting Captain Kara Thrace (aka Starbuck) of Battlestar Galactica.

 Rachel is a miracle worker :-)

Pumpkin Carving! Again!

Today Rachel and I hosted pumpkin carving at our house. After yesterday's pumpkin debacle we had resigned ourselves to carving tiny pumpkins. But the pumpkin fairies had visited Whole Foods in the night and delivered JUMBO CARVING PUMPKINS. I was so excited.

We had so much pumpkin in our cart...

Rachel Geistfeld came over to carve a pumpkin with us. She enjoyed it.

We put down a tablecloth (aka drop cloth) and the carving commenced.

 I made a mummy! Here's the finished product.

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Carving!

Last night Rachel and I went to a pumpkin carving party at an acquaintance's house. We went to three stores looking for pumpkins and couldn't find any! We finally found a few tiny "pumpkin pie" pumpkins at Whole Foods as well as a selection of seasonal squashes. We each selected a miniature gourd to carve and took them to the party. It was a lot of fun! There was an impromtu dance party at the end.

 These were our pumpkins! They're friends!

Yes, Rachel's squash has eyebrows...

Halloween Costume Sneak Peak

We are making me a Halloween costume and Rachel is teaching me to sew. Since the clock is ticking now this sort of translates into Rachel-does-all-the-hard-stuff-and-I-pin-fabric-togeter (and sew on patches). But I did manage to use the sewing machine to make a seam in one of the sleeves tonight!

Below is a partially assembled version of the costume. I'm not telling what it is yet, but I dare you to guess...