Happy Halloween!

Today I am finally getting around to carving my pumpkin and getting my costume together... I hope Mama has some bright ideas for costumes because I am drawing a blank! This year we bought a pumpkin carving book... it comes with pumpkin scalpels and patterns.

Let's see... which one should I do?

Eh?? A pumpkin top almost landed in my lap!! I better see what is going on...

Hmmm... this is a beary full pumpkin and a messy job.

Finally all the pumpkin guts are out... now... to get creative.

I found the good side of the pumpkin and... hmmm... that shadow looks like it might make a cool pattern! But Mama said I did a bear themed pumpkin last year so I have to do something different... sigh.

Alright... I've picked out my pattern and taped it to the pumpkin.

Now I have to take this little pokey wheel thing and run it along the lines... That is hard work!

Now we start cutting... and that was even harder work... Mama and I were sweating bullets that we were going to cut out an important part...

But we managed it!! Spooky doesn't like pumpkins it seems...

But she is a Halloween cat so... maybe she can help me come up with a costume idea because Mama and I are out of ideas.

 Two years ago, I was a beary spooky mummy!

Last year I was a beary spooky space invader from the planet Bearspaw...

But what about this year!! Ohhhh... Spooky help me out!!

 And she did!!! I got a wild and crazy idea...

No peeking!!!

Ta-dahhhh!!!!! Spooky looks a little shocked but... She was the inspiration for this costume.

 And it turns out I did a good pumpkin for this costume as well!! And Mama had a little tealight holder...

The trick-or-treat pumpkin was empty but... a little honey packet fixed that.

I think it works...

Rascal wasn't too impressed that I didn't use her for inspiration, but let's face it...

Halloween IS Spooky's season!

And in the dark...