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How having my own staff might have come in handy tonight.

October 31, 2008 By Marta Darby 2 Comments

Every single one of our trick-or-treating neighbors made a comment about the pumpkins jack-o-lanterns.

We were the show-stopper house.  Even more so than the guys down the street that had the inflatable Frankenstein and fake cobwebs.  People were even posing their costumed kids on our brick path for photos and we were loving every minute.

All because of these beauties:
Jack o lanterns
Which made me realize that even in spite of our own hard work, pulling off a party of this nature requires that everyone pitch in. 

We had our Official Candy Givers whose job it was to ooh and aah over all the trick-or-treaters and fill up their bags accordingly.  And they were BORN for that job. They were so pro. Thanks, Kikita & Sheila!
Candy givers

Eric was Master of the Barbecue and managed to get a dozen burgers and assorted condiments and side dishes on the table much to the delight of our hard-working pumpkin-carver-trick-or-treaters.
Halloween dinner

But I must give credit where credit is due….
This is how you pull off a spectacular row of jack-o-lanterns…
Carving pumpkins

You assemble a crack team of pumpkin carving experts.  (Or find people who aren't afraid to get their hands pumpkin-goopy.)
Pumpkin carvers

And who have a great eye for design…
Jon's jack

And you let them loose on the rest of the neighbors so that they can all receive kudos for their cool looking costumes and a lot of "hey, aren't you from the house with all the pumpkins?"
My halloween people

Then, of course, the best moment of the evening – the Sorting and Swapping of the Candy Haul.
Their reward for all their hard work.
Candy barter

But seriously.  I couldn't have done it without them.  (Actually, I don't know that I would have done it if it hadn't been for them, but that's too convoluted and not important right now.)

Well, I suppose I could have carved my own pumpkin.
Can you guess which one was mine?  =D

Mickey face

I keep telling you – I need A Staff!!   😉

Thanks, my Halloween people.  You were absolutely wonderful!

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Pumpkins. Food. Costumes. Food. Candy. And food. This is Halloween. No “El Tri-co-tri” for you! Japi Jalo Uin (Happy Halloween)

Filed Under: Celebrate, Halloween, Lifestyle Tagged With: Cuban Halloween, Halloween, Happy Halloween

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  1. Amanda says

    November 1, 2008 at 10:06 am

    LOVE all the pumpkins esp. Mickey. 😉

    Reply
  2. Grandma Darby says

    November 1, 2008 at 10:22 am

    Your house looked great! I know you had fun. 🙂 Love, Grandma

    Reply

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