It's a Denver Pumpkin Parrrrrrrr-tay!!!!!
It's the moment you have all been waiting for: the true glimpse into The Dysfunction of the Crazy Clan as we party in honor of The Great Pumpkin.
If you don't like pumpkins, walk away now. And don't come back until after Halloween. Later this week, I will do an interview with Mr. Lord of the Gourds whom you know only as my king of one-liners. In his humorous way, he will answer everything you have ever wanted to know about his freakish hobby of growing freakishly big pumpkins. So, please ask away in the comments below.
Now, onto the parties. It did not start well. You see, we had to borrow our neighbor's trailer in order to haul The Great Pumpkin. I knew I was in for it when Jamie asked me to help him hook the trailer onto our SUV.
"Jamie, are you going to yell at me?"
Ten minutes later, the trailer pummelled down our driveway and landed on our flower beds. Evidently, I did not do a good job.
And yes, there was yelling.
But onto more important things....
The makings of a pumpkin party are:
1)The Great Pumpkin. And yes, we did decorate the canopy with [what else] pumpkin lights.
2) Food. And excited children to eat the food (Hadley's own pumpkin served as our table display and she placed third in the children's competition the next day!)
3) Pumpkin pie. Please disregard the blasphemy-that-was-the-apple-pie that dared to crash our pumpkin party.
4) Prayers to The Gods of the Great Pumpkin for the strength to move it.
5) Eight big, strong men [stupid enough] to haul it with The Lifting Tarp...
...and who can still smile when it's over.
6) The tear-jerker ending as the sun sets on the now-empty pumpkin patch.
For details of the big weigh-off, go to Jamie's blog, Denver Pumpkins. He has a slew of pictures of the crane they used to haul these beasts as well as some cool shots of the prize-winning pumpkin.
Oh, and a parting shot of Father and Son. And yes, Jamie did have that shirt custom-made. Did you really need to ask?
If you don't like pumpkins, walk away now. And don't come back until after Halloween. Later this week, I will do an interview with Mr. Lord of the Gourds whom you know only as my king of one-liners. In his humorous way, he will answer everything you have ever wanted to know about his freakish hobby of growing freakishly big pumpkins. So, please ask away in the comments below.
Now, onto the parties. It did not start well. You see, we had to borrow our neighbor's trailer in order to haul The Great Pumpkin. I knew I was in for it when Jamie asked me to help him hook the trailer onto our SUV.
"Jamie, are you going to yell at me?"
"Not if you do a good job."
Ten minutes later, the trailer pummelled down our driveway and landed on our flower beds. Evidently, I did not do a good job.
And yes, there was yelling.
But onto more important things....
The makings of a pumpkin party are:
1)The Great Pumpkin. And yes, we did decorate the canopy with [what else] pumpkin lights.
2) Food. And excited children to eat the food (Hadley's own pumpkin served as our table display and she placed third in the children's competition the next day!)
3) Pumpkin pie. Please disregard the blasphemy-that-was-the-apple-pie that dared to crash our pumpkin party.
4) Prayers to The Gods of the Great Pumpkin for the strength to move it.
5) Eight big, strong men [stupid enough] to haul it with The Lifting Tarp...
...and who can still smile when it's over.
6) The tear-jerker ending as the sun sets on the now-empty pumpkin patch.
For details of the big weigh-off, go to Jamie's blog, Denver Pumpkins. He has a slew of pictures of the crane they used to haul these beasts as well as some cool shots of the prize-winning pumpkin.
Oh, and a parting shot of Father and Son. And yes, Jamie did have that shirt custom-made. Did you really need to ask?
posted by Amber @12:00 AM
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26 Comments:
Splendid shirt! Sorry you got yelled at...
Love the shirt!
I just found pumpkin tortellini the other day. I'm dying to find a time to make it. Maybe this weekend to honor the Great Pumpkin that was.
By the way, what happened to the Great Pumpkin after the competition?
Sweet. I would have come to the pumpkin open house. :o)
I love the shirt!
I am wondering what happened to the pumpkin after the contest too. Are you going to make it into a massive jack o lantern? It could almost be a haunted house.
The pumpkin is currently sitting in our garage and we'll put it on display in a couple of weeks. Already, there has been a buzz around it and I think it will become a neighborhood hotspot for pictures!
Oh, and after Halloween we are talking about carving it out into a boat. No lie. Many do pumpkin boat races because they are buoyant!
The empty pumpkin patch makes me a little bit sad.
I wish I'd been able to come to the par-tay!
I love the shirt!! Your pumpkin party looked splendid! I'm happy to see that you're having fun with the whole thing! Enjoy!!
Oh, man! Now I REALLY wish I lived closer and could have come to the party. Jamie's shirt? Awesome. Awesome! Can we just call him Linus now? :)
The "praying to the pumpkin gods" picture got a belly laugh out of me. That was too cool!
I too love the shirt!
A pumpkin boat? That would be interesting to see. Who knew they were so versatile?
Fabulous! My favourite bit is Jamie's shirt though - what a crack up!
i think it's great that you had a party to celebrate. you should celebrate all the time, energy, and effort put into growing that thing - even if it was your wifely duty =)
It's one thing to grow a giant pumpkin...it's another thing to make it into such a humorous and compelling(!) blog topic. Seriously Amber...you just make me laugh too hard.
My question for your interview with Linus (er, Jamie)...how lucky are you to have a wife who not only allows the growing of the Great Pumpkin...but also throws a party for said pumpkin?
You guys are awesome!
Fun party! How much pumpkin pie will that thing make? and pumpkin bread, cake, ....
It looks like it was a huge success. Wish we had come!! My kids can't wait to see it.
how fun! last fall we actually had a full on pumpkin party that my friend threw. pumpkin drink, pumpkin soup, pumpkin dessert, pumpkin bread. it was progressive so we went to three different people's houses and had pumpking something at each place. anyway..this looked like tons of fun. mmm, apple pie.
Love the shirt! It is awesome. I am glad someone else asked about what you are going to do with it, because I was very curious.
Congrats on supporting your man to 2nd Place in Beauty (which is the most important, right?)
Love it. You are such a good wife for putting up with all that goes into growing the great pumpkin! I also love the expression on your kids' faces in the family pic from last post. SO funny!
What a great shirt. My question for Linus is "How did the obsession begin?"
I am totally excited for a pumpkin boat. Really. That would be awesome. Think of all the seeds and slime you'll be dealing with in the carving. Mmmmmm.
love the pumpkins - how cool are you guys!!! So awesome!!
What a cool way to celebrate!!
Love the shirt. I went to check out your husband's blog. He really is obsessed. Lucky you.
I'm glad your pumpkin party was a success.
Loves it!!!!!! Looks like so much fun!!!!
I'm still looking for my invitation. Did you happen to see my mail-woman there? Maybe she stole it!
just kidding.
Looks like a fun bash! Great job!
Allan and I are sitting here in our cabin on the ship looking at the great pumpkin--he wants to know how you had room for anything else in your backyard???
(Love the shirt ; )
Looks like such a fun gathering.
So wish I could have been there ... I love pumpkin things!
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