Holiday Spirit

This week I've been having a bit of a Halloween fest.  I decided, somewhat last minute, what I was going to be for Halloween.  For those of you who don't know, when I dress up I go all out.  I will post pictures when I get all decked out for it.  Plus, I've been telling people it's a surprise!

I arrived home after school this week to find a box labeled "live plant" on my porch.  Turns out my mom had mailed me a "Halloween Plant."  That actually meant I got a normal plant, but it came in a cute little jack-o-lantern pot.  Yay!

Friday my friend Mark and I went to Vala's Pumpkin Patch.  I had been dying to go since it seems everyone in Nebraska goes there during October, and I wanted to know what all the fuss was about.  Turns out Vala's is basically a mini-Halloween theme park.  We ended up finding some friends at a bonfire, wandering through a corn maze, and taking a little hayrack ride out to the pumpkin patch.  We didn't end up picking a pumpkin, because I had already bought one.  At that point we decided it was getting a little nippy, and we retreated to the car...

On the hayrack ride.  Mark was cold, if you can't tell!

I found this awesome pumpkin tree, and for some reason there were these random life-sized tick-tack-toe games in front of it.  Yes, I am holding a toilet seat.  Apparently they were the "O" game pieces.  I thought that was hilarious!

Saturday we carved said pumpkin.  I also realized there is a reason I became a dentist... and why some other people are not dentists.  Haha.  I am way too detail oriented, even when carving a stupid pumpkin!  We showcased our creation on my porch.  Hopefully the neighbor kids will wait until after Halloween to throw it in the street...