This is a great time of year for the pumpkin! Meet “Big Jack” our pumpkin here locally at the Outlets. Children are given blank pages to create their own story about “Big Jack”. I wonder what they are writing? Pumpkins remind me of:

• Foods: pies, cupcakes, breads, cookies, soups, drinks and more
• Spices: mixing pumpkin spice in so many baked goods and drinks
• Smells: pumpkin smells great, especially when mixed with other hot/cold spices
• Memories: walks across pumpkin farms, pumpkin carving of Jack-O-Lanterns
• Tastes: which is your favorite? muffins, pies, cookies, breads, spiced drinks
• Sights: children picking out their pumpkins, children decorating pumpkins, pumpkins next to front doors with lights at night. I remember when a neighbor placed their young toddler inside a cut out pumpkin, put the cap on and took a photo of the baby inside the pumpkin
• Touching Pumpkins: scooping out the insides of the pumpkins (seeds etc.), smashing pumpkins, putting a light inside a pumpkin, drawing faces on pumpkins, cutting out/ fixing the cap on the pumpkin

This pumpkin season makes me feel happy. How ’bout you?

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