How to carve a pumpkin
We went from shorts last week to shivering this week. Temperatures are dropping just in time for Halloween. On Sunday, we bought our pumpkins at Sunnyside Gardens, which we’ll carve later this week…
…and then we trick-or-treated in costume along a trail at ZooBoo, a fundraiser for Como Park Zoo and Conservatory*.
Our 1 1/2-year-old was a bit confused by it all, but knew that if her brothers were getting trick-or-treating bags, she needed one too. And once a costumed character dropped candy in it, she wasn’t about to let it out of her sight.
While our 3 1/2-year-old quickly figured out how to work the system, pausing momentarily to watch a polar bear paddle on its back.
Our 5 1/2-year-old battled Darth Vader with his light saber. And then wanted to know why his costume didn’t light up.
And then we called it a night. Well, Matt + I did. We’re still waiting for our kids to come down from their sugar high.
FTC Disclosure: We received complimentary tickets to ZooBoo, courtesy of Como Park. ZooBoo 2010 will take place from 4:30-7:30pm on October 16, 17, 22, 23, and 24.
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Very cute…I just learned about the petroleum jelly trick just this week, and I can not wait to try it!! The kids are adorable as always…can you blame your daughter for not wanting to let go of her bag…she’s go two older brothers!! lol Happy Halloween!!
Umm I love your video! So creative, so informative and so cute! Way to go!
Also, I’ve been wanting to email with you about scheduling a night to grab coffee if you’d be interested in meetnig in the middle sometime???
What a wonderful way to spend the day. I loved taking my son to zoo events like that when he was little. The pictures were priceless!
Stopping by from the Stumble Upon thread on BF! It looks like you all had a great time.
Oh I hate when there is always that one kid whose soldier costume has the cool gun, star wars suit has lights, ninja suit has double swords– CUE THE WHINING — ggrrrr
Great tips! Wish I’d seen it before we chose our pumpkins. But I think we lucked out this year. We’ll see when we carve them this weekend.