Pumpkin Trunkin' Treats

We procrastinated carving out pumpkins, although we picked them out pretty early from the pumpkin patch. They were just decorating our porch, uncarved, which was autumnal and practical with the heat and humidity as it was. When the time came, Hadley decided to recreate her scary clown pumpkin from 2020, and Owen stuck with the classic jack-o-lantern face. 

The melted crayons were still messy, but I guess it's a trade-off to not scooping out pumpkin guts! We helped keep them in place with some hot glue (noting for next time).

New this year: Owen carving his own pumpkin face, in addition to scooping. Despite the crazed look in his eyes, he was very responsible with the knife, and there were no incidents! Mom approves!

Later that afternoon, we volunteered at our church's Trunk or Treat event as candy refillers, just like last year. Unlike last year, though, we had record crowds this year! The kids took a wagon around to the dozen or so display trunks in a loop for a couple of hours, and we actually completely ran out of candy a couple of times! A few errand runners were able to extend our candy supplies for the full time. I was shocked that some kids tried to get candy directly from our wagon by the handful. People are candy crazy!

The event had a dozen trunks, several games, craft tables, bouncy houses, and a train going around the parking lot. The local fire truck even came out and extended its ladder up to the sky! I'm not sure how many people came, but we went through thousands of pieces of candy, and it was the largest crowd I've seen there in years.

We have a certain someone that doesn't mind waiting in line for a bouncy house, too.

Finally, Trick or Treating! Owen really phoned it in this year, but went around with friends collecting as much candy as possible. Hadley dressed up like Annabeth Chase from the Percy Jackson series of books and made off with quite a haul of her own. With it being Monday night, the doorbell barely rang for me, and it was all done by 8:30pm.