Pumpkin Decorating Part (II)

Last week, Mrs. Spot's pumpkin decorating spectacular got vacuumed up into the cheek pouches of a couple of mischievous youth. We needed a plan B. Luckily we found another pumpkin so Spot could have one to make into pumpkin pie. We also had two boys with 20 hours of community service to do because of their mischief. We decided to carve a pumpkin. For my human fan club, pumpkin carving is easy - just grab a knife and a big spoon. We chipmunks only have our teeth and claws to work with. This was definitely going to take a bit longer (about 20 hours longer).

I got the top off quickly

Next came the hard task of digging out all that sticky, gooey pulp. I promised the two boys they could eat all the pumpkins seeds they wanted. They jumped right in (literally). They spent all night trying to lick off all the goo from their fur.

I helped myself to some of the seeds as they were tossed out. Supervising is such tough work.

Chewing the eyes out (That’s sounds a bit creepy)

Help I am stuck! I think I have put on too much weight.

Our Jack O' Lantern got nicknamed "Bushy Nose" - I suppose you need to be a chipmunk to understand how funny this was. We couldn't stop laughing for ten minutes.

Final inspection before Halloween Night.

Halloween Night arrived. All the young chipmunk boys and girls went trick-or-treating.

This young fellow got the scare of his life. What scared him?

BOOOOO!!!!!!

Mom borrowed a carved pumpkin later that evening. I wish you could have seen the look of shear terror on the human boys and girls when they came to Mom's house and I jumped out of the pumpkin's nose. They shrieked and ran away. Oh, well more candy for me to eat. Beware of the haunted pumpkin, you never know what might jump out at you.