Here is another blog I started just after Halloween. Time to get it published. :)
My husband comes from a very artistic family. His whole house was decorated with his mom's and dad's paintings. When they found a picture that one of the kids painted that they liked, they put a frame on it, and put it on the walls. Hubby tells stories of his mom creating the ice planet, Hoth (only the Star Wars geeks will know what I am talking about) from a very large piece of styrofoam. It was a main feature in their house until it eventually disintigrated. They played on it with their Star Wars toys until there was nothing but a huge mess left. My husband's twin brother created his own cake topper for his wedding. He has twin brothers whose entire apartment is filled with toys and models. They are all very creative.
Poor Allen has no fat on his body. He is always freezing!
One outlet for my husbands creativity is Halloween pumpkins. There have been many years when the stress of the holidays takes over, and I unwisely suggest we skip the pumpkins. Yea, Right! I have learned to love pumpkin carving, and I try to plan a little more wisely so he can have his creativity, and I can have less stress.
My kids have complete faith in my husbands pumpkin carving abilities. Last year, they saw a Charizard pumpkin that they just had to have. (For those of you who don't know, Charizard is a pokemon.) Hubby was up very late the night before Halloween to make their dreams come true. 
My husband comes from a very artistic family. His whole house was decorated with his mom's and dad's paintings. When they found a picture that one of the kids painted that they liked, they put a frame on it, and put it on the walls. Hubby tells stories of his mom creating the ice planet, Hoth (only the Star Wars geeks will know what I am talking about) from a very large piece of styrofoam. It was a main feature in their house until it eventually disintigrated. They played on it with their Star Wars toys until there was nothing but a huge mess left. My husband's twin brother created his own cake topper for his wedding. He has twin brothers whose entire apartment is filled with toys and models. They are all very creative.
When we first moved into our home, we had some lovely mauve and gold wallpaper. When we ripped it down, it left a good layer of paper stuck to the walls. Hubby grabbed the box of crayons, and let the kids go to town. It was a lot of fun. (I do have to say, I worried that my kids would still be coloring when the paper finally came down. For the most part, it hasn't been a problem.)
I love how they all have their coats on.
Poor Allen has no fat on his body. He is always freezing! One outlet for my husbands creativity is Halloween pumpkins. There have been many years when the stress of the holidays takes over, and I unwisely suggest we skip the pumpkins. Yea, Right! I have learned to love pumpkin carving, and I try to plan a little more wisely so he can have his creativity, and I can have less stress.
My kids have complete faith in my husbands pumpkin carving abilities. Last year, they saw a Charizard pumpkin that they just had to have. (For those of you who don't know, Charizard is a pokemon.) Hubby was up very late the night before Halloween to make their dreams come true.
This year, hubby told us to get online and get some templates for him to carve when he got home. My kids, once again having perfect faith in my husband, found a Thomas the Tank engine template for him. He made this one with power tools. I think we still probably have pumpkin guts on our ceiling. I think he is amazing. Unfortunately, the "glowing pumpkin" pictures turned out too dark.
Little Morgan could not stop giggling the whole night. He was so excited about his Thomas pumpkin!
Here is another amazing pumpkin my hubby carved. My little Star Wars fans were in seventh heaven.
And a couple of my creations. I really don't have an artistic bone in my body. I was pretty pleased with my pumpkins.
Big huge thanks to my sister-in-law and my nieces and nephews for growing our pumpkins. We had many shapely gourds to carve this year. :)
2 comments:
Those are amazing!! Yes, even yours "Red". I'm lucky to make my smile not lopsided. We've stopped carving pumpkins. The neighborhood always smashes ours. They probably think they're doing the world a favor.
Our pumpking carving has gotten a little out of hand. We literally spend hours carving, and then we light them for one night, and then they go moldy. It is fun, but a little disappointing. If I am going to put that much effort into something, it needs to last a lot longer than one night.
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