Out of their gourd

Yesterday, we stopped by the local pumpkin patch so Swee’Pea and TheMonk could pick out their pumpkins. The patch had separated the pumpkins by size but they also had a small section where loose pumpkins, most small, were laying on the ground ready to be picked up.

We headed over to this section and turned Swee’Pea and TheMonk loose. They were very excited and ran over to pick up the first pumpkins they saw. Wanting them to get a little out of this experience, we encouraged them to roam around and look for a pumpkin to take home.

Soon enough, Swee’Pea had settled on her pumpkin and TheMonk had settled on his. Now, the more experienced pumpkin chooser might suggest that Swee’Pea and TheMonk have a ways to go when it comes to choosing the perfect pumpkin. I prefer to think of Swee’Pea and TheMonk as bucking the status quo. They are trend setters, not trend followers.

Why would they choose a boring, everyday-looking pumpkin, when they can choose a unique, one-of-a-kind pumpkin that is unlike any other pumpkin adorning the porches of American cities this week?

Perfectly orange pumpkins are so passé. Pumpkins that aren’t rotting out the bottom are too mainstream. Swee’Pea and TheMonk are taking Halloween traditions and turning them on their gourd.

But don’t take my word for it. I give you photographic proof of the pumpkin choosing ability of my kids.

TheMonk’s on the left and Swee’Pea’s is on the right.

9 Comments

1. Give them another year and they will reject everything but the biggest pumpkin they can find. And then YOU get to carry it to the car.

   Comment by Deanna — October 28, 2007 @ 10:24 pm

2. Did the patch give you guys a discount on those bad boys?

   Comment by whit — October 28, 2007 @ 10:31 pm

3. That’s right. Dare to be different. That half green pumpkin is awesome.

   Comment by mel from freak parade — October 28, 2007 @ 10:58 pm

4. Good for you for not over ruling their choice

   Comment by Dan — October 29, 2007 @ 12:23 am

5. Perfection is in the eye of the beholder.

   Comment by Grandmother — October 29, 2007 @ 10:18 am

6. Monk’s got an eye for color.

   And Swee’Pea’s pumpkin will make an awesome skull jack-o-lantern.

   Good choices, I’d say!

   Comment by Allanna — October 29, 2007 @ 12:05 pm

7. I agree with Allanna – those are great pumpkins! Beautifully colored and intriguingly shaped!

   Comment by Aina — October 29, 2007 @ 8:03 pm

8. hi, stopping by after a while. Those are cute pumpkins, and I like that you trusted their choice, after all in the large scheme of things what does it matter if they aren’t the perfect pumpkin, it’s perfect for THEM, is what matters, right?

   Comment by En — October 30, 2007 @ 10:45 am

9. Looks like the pumpkins I hauled in from the garden. I was going to toss the one nibbled on by a moose, but my son insisted it added autheniticity.

   Who am I to argue?

   Comment by Redneck Mommy — October 31, 2007 @ 10:31 am

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