Happy Halloween

Aparently Fazoli's does kid's night every Tuesday. Who knew? You'd think that if this was a regular thing with them that they would have heard of washable paint. But no. So Tuesday Peter got stuck in traffic and I ended up for once picking up Sammy since I was home first. She announced that they school had told everyone that Fazoli's was letting kids paint pumpkins. So we were all ready to skip the whole cooking thing. The paint was, as I mentioned, not washable. And of course, Charlie's jacket was new. Sigh.
So now the funny part. As we're coming home with the pumpkins in the trunk, Charlotte is describing how she painted hers with eyes and a mouth, and hair and bangs. Then she announces, "I decided not to put arms and legs on the pumpkin because real pumpkins don't have arms and legs."
I mentioned, "but they do have faces, right?" no one laughed.
We carved our pumpkin last weekend. I had been so grateful that it had been cold so that the pumpkins wouldn't start to rot. Then of course, we had temps in 70's all week. Oh well. But we had some other pumpkins. I carved one of the one's out my garden today. It's funny, the girls take after Peter when it comes to slimy stuff. So aside from cutting off the top, I got to do most of the scooping out of guts and whatnot. The girls love the idea of carving pumpkins, but not much else. Though apparently Charlotte likes pumpkin seeds.
I also "carved" a pumpkin at work. With acetylene. We cut out the face and then replace the pieces. Then we place a chemical inside that reacts with water to form acetylene (as in acetylene torches). We pour in peroxide , which reacts with the pumpkin to make oxygen. Then all we need is an electric spark. Fuel + O2 + activation energy = boom! We did it about 6 times this week before the Jack O'lantern lost his forehead. I'll have to post a picture. Along with trick or treat pics.