bonnie & jason

Boo!

Growing up, Bonnie was never allowed to carve her own pumpkin.  Her dad figured it would be better for her and Benita to just draw on them lest they lose a finger in a horrible pumpkin carving accident.  But now that we’re in the 21st century, advanced technology has developed kid-friendly (and clumsy-wife friendly) carving kits.  So yesterday, Bonnie and I carved our first pumpkin (we both still have all our fingers.)  We even toasted the seeds in the oven with some garlic spread (we use it on everything.)

You’ll notice that the design is a fairly common one with the exception of the “jazz-hands.”  The reason Bonnie picked this design is because she had a dream a couple weeks ago that our as-yet unborn baby was put into a pumpkin and stuck her hands out through the holes while poking her head out from the top.  This was but one fun/cute dream about the baby that we can add to the list.  (Baby in prison dressed in a black and white striped onesie.  Baby climbing up a tree.  Baby in the middle of a huge donut.)

Speaking of babies, our cousin Deeann has some of the cutest baby Halloween pictures on her blog.  I particularly like the pea pod one.  What is it with Babies in food?

Along the theme of Halloween, Bonnie had bought this pumpkin cake pan (on massive sale from Williams Sonoma after last Halloween) which we finally put to good use.  It’s a chocolate chip pumpkin cake… with leaves and vines of green frosting.  Brings me back to the days of Home Economics with Mrs. Simoncelli.  (Yes, I took a cake decorating class in like 7th grade.  And no, I am not gay.  I took it to meet chicks.  Just kidding.)