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But it was great to get all the local gang together for a messy pumpkin gutting and cutting!
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Including Baby M, who painted her pumpkin:
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and chose the book The Problem with Chickens as inspiration for her mother's pumpkin:
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as well as this intricate duck decoration from a Chinese clip art book for me:
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and if I remember correctly, Baby M also requested a sea otter but got a jellyfish pumpkin instead:
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But, in the end, she seemed to like all of them.
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Hope you had a fun Halloween!