punkin pot, punkin pot, punkin pot piiiiiieeeeeee

Thursday night we went to the Circleville Pumpkin Show, a festival celebrating, you guessed it, pumpkins. Because Jason and I already had plans for today, when we ordinarily would have gone, we went Thursday night instead. It was a different kind of experience going in the evening. It was cool and autumny, and the festive atmosphere of people laughing and the bright lights of the rides and food stalls was enhanced by the darkness all around.

One of the events they have every year is the Largest Pumpkin Ever weigh-in. This year's winner: 1353 lbs That's one heck of a pumpkin! Surprisingly it wasn't as large as you'd think it would be. But it would still make one heck of a pumpkin pie (assuming that after enduring 1300 lbs of growth it would still taste like anything). Actually, they do make the World's Largest Pumpkin Pie and have it on display there - they just don't make it with the Largest Pumpkin. It only takes about 100 lbs of pumpkin, I believe, and is around 6' across. At the end of the Show, they cut it and you can have your very own slice of a world record. However, the lines to even catch a glimpse of said pie are not worth the experience in my opinion!

Gavin watched his very first parade while we were there. I expected him to be upset by the loud sounds of the bands marching by, but even the crashing of cymbols and deep booming bass drums didn't make him bat an eye. He was rather fascinated by it all.

Daddy and his little punkin

Posted by allison at October 23, 2004 10:55 PM