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| Loralynn's costume was a "Renaissance Queen" from the PX. Tana reused Loralynn's old owl costume. I grabbed some fasching (Karnivale/Mardi Gras) accessories from the girls' dress-up stash. Dan sported Mr. Potato Head. Then we attended the Harvest Fest at the Ledward Chapel on Halloween night. |
We went pumpkin shopping about 45 minutes away from our home. It was supposed to be a "patch" but the German farmer put all the pumpkins on his driveway because the field was too muddy. In any case, we bought some pumpkins to carve and the smaller, darker orange ones to eat. I thought I might actually try to make pumpkin puree this year.
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| I caught a rare camera smile from Loralynn. |
It was a lot of work to scrape out the seeds, cut it up and steam it, then scoop the flesh off the rind. After all that, I had to put my cheap blender to work pureeing it with just the right amount of water so that it resembled the thickness of the canned pumpkin. The end result was some mighty fantastic pumpkin pie (with homemade crust as well) and the best compliment I've ever gotten on my cooking from my husband.
I can make four pies from the three pumpkins I steamed. You might ask, "Is it worth all the work?" I wasn't thinking so until I discovered how much my husband liked it. I'll do it again just for him.
For Halloween night, we took the girls to the military chapel in Schweinfurt for the Harvest Fest for about an hour. We left a bowl of lollipops (left over from our big lollipop birthday party a couple weeks ago) on the doorstep for any possible Trick or Treaters. The bowl was emptied about halfway at the end of the night (although it could have been just one kid taking all those lollipops).
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| Dan carved a pig in honor of our last year in Schweinfurt (which literally means "pig ford") |
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| I found these masks for a euro each at the craft store. The girls had fun painting and jeweling them. |
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| Pumpkins are fun to take pictures of. They are colorful and make yummy desserts, too! |
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