The First Annual Julien Halloween Party

We had several of our friends over last night for our first ever pumpkin carving party. Tim made a bunch of Halloween inspired food (which was all fantastic, if a bit spicy). We encouraged people to bring pumpkins and carve them... I was surprised at how many people are completely turned off by the feeling of pumpkin on their hands! Here's one example:

But Zane toughed it out and shared a "scary smile" with his jack-o-lantern:


Jim also handled Evie's pumpkin:


Liza got a lot of help carving her pumpkin (Ned cut the top off for her, Rebecca cleaned it out for her, and Kate traced her design). But she did do a significant portion of the carving, and Team Banks ended up with a lovely final product:



Rebecca launched into her own carving, and ended up with a great bat pumpkin:



Alice and my dad opted for more traditional pumpkin designs:



I'm a cheater (I'm not ashamed of using a template, since I'm no artist):

but there's no picture of my final product; perhaps in the next post or so...

The men did a lot of standing around watching pumpkin carving:


And then there were the costumes:

Maya as a cat:

Evie as a monkey:

Zane as a pumpkin:

Addie as a cat (Maya had already spit up on her costume, so there are no pictures of them together):

And my student Alex as a gladiator: