A Tradition is Born

Our fearless Park and Rec leaders dreamed up a new activity for Halloween. They asked people to drop off carved pumpkins to display en mass at Wolfe Park. Drop off was Friday 12-5pm which is why Ted found himself carving a pumpkin today at 7am while the kids ate cereal giving instructions. (Julie is out of town for work and missed this added fun in the morning routine.) Ted got the pumpkin to drop off at 4:30 after work where the attending Parks Dept employee said it was the first pumpkin they saw all afternoon!  So Ted had low expectations, but had already promised a night time outing to the kids.  So after a McDonalds dinner and some impromptu art projects at the house, Ted, Joe and Clara walked over to the park where they discovered a great display of lit up pumpkins!  Ours is fourth in from the right on the top row. We learned that the Parktacular committee carved Row 2, Middle School carved Row 3, and Rows 1 and 4 were drop offs like ours. We also learned that this was the first year but they are hoping to grow the event and use up all 600 lights on the string!  The kids had great fun walking to the park with their flashlights and giving our pumpkin a hug. It also helped that it was a beautiful fall evening for a walk. We can't wait for next year!