Pumpkin Carving Contest - Happy Halloween!

This is me at work...not really.

We are having a pumpkin carving contest at work and this year we have some good ones so I'm going to let you decide which one you think is best. I had to vote more than once because I couldn't decide but I was leaning toward the lovely hairnet and mask pumpkin. Because I can relate.

The alien pumpkin is pretty clever, though. I love the little mini pumpkins all coming out of the mother ship pumpkin. Being a dietitian, I can't help but be attracted to the food-related theme pumpkins like this cheeseburger and fries pumpkin. I never thought about carving a pumpkin horizontally and the seeds are the sesame seeds of the hamburger bun. (I couldn't help to be touchy, feely on this one and I think the hamburger is a real cooked hamburger!)

Another food-related pumpkin is the one made by one of my fellow dietitians featuring the vitamin A theme.

She included a couple of different squash to top the pumpkin so it becomes a rabbit that is holding a sign that says:

I also like the traditional scarecrow pumpkin, so cute.

The traditional scarecrow pumpkin is about as opposite as you can get from this punk pumpkin.

How about the Cookie Monster pumpkin? This is another one of my favorites. Can I have one of those cookies, please?

And last but not least, is the sketched out skeleton drawing on the pumpkin. Very effective.

So, vote now and comment below which one you think is your favorite. By the way, I've been eating these delicious fall treats this week. Run out to Trader's Joe's immediately, I highly recommend their Pumpkin Macarons!

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