Smashing Pumpkins

Smashing pumpkins is one of our family traditions. On the weekend after Halloween, the kids (usually with Keith joining in) smash our jack o' lanterns with unabashed glee. They hold this family tradition out in the meadow behind out house where the little animals can enjoy the pumpkin pieces to their little hearts content.



T always enthusiastically smashes the pumpkins each fall, especially with his dad's Toothy Jack up for destruction....



Keith can't resist joining in with the kids. Here he prepares to fling his jack o'lantern as high as possible. To the kids' delight, Jack flies high against the beautiful sunset then splatters spectacularly on the compacted dirt of the meadow path.



All four kids come together in a huddle to deconstruct their personal Jacks. Poor Vampire Jack and California Jack are splattered around the meadow to become squirrel food....



B doesn't want to destroy his Vampire Jack at first, but he soon joins in the mayhem....