Putthoff Pumpkin Painting

This is the first year Mary has had a pumpkin (of course, we had to get Adam one too). I still have horrific memories of my brother, Carl, slicing open his hand as he was trying to carve the jack-o-lantern and having to be rushed to the emergency room for stitches. I just want to paint faces on them. Doug thinks we have to cut them (I want to roast the seeds, right?). So temporary truce, we paint now and next week we cut. This ends up working in our favor, double entertainment for Mary. She had a great time using the "grown-up" paint and adding lots of colors. I'll admit, I had fun painting a face that ended up looking a lot like Adam (big ears and buck teeth).

Showing off the "two handed paint brush method".

Ta-da! Masterpieces!

Even though the locals don't really celebrate Halloween, they sell a lot of Halloweenish stuff to appeal to the Americans. Anything to make money, right? We thought it was funny to find a Japanese jack-o-lantern