Jack o' Lantern Time

Time to make the jack o' lanterns!  As per our custom the last few years, John and Sam worked on his pumpkin and Ella and I worked on hers.  Ella wanted Ariel, but the only pattern I could find on line did not fit her pumpkin.  So, she decided we would make a spider and his web and save Ariel for next year.  Here is to hoping we remember to buy a long skinny pumpkin come next October.  The spider and his web turned out to be a lot more difficult than I had planned but I think it turned out okay. 

Sam picked out an even more intricate design.  A spooky, haunted house.  John worked on that pumpkin for a long time.  I think Sam later wished he would have picked something a little easier so he could have done more of the carving himself.  We will see if he remembers that next year also.  Overall we had a good time and the jack o' lanterns turned out pretty well I think.