Pumpkin Carving

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I realize that the topic of this post is set in October and its now January.  I wish I could say that we have been really busy, but I just haven't felt like writing.  Still not really in the mood, but I'm falling behind.  Anyway, Halloween is not fully celebrated here in Switzerland.  There were a couple of costumes in stores, a few carnivals, but we didn't see any trick-or-treaters.  I was informed of several Expat activities, but we kept our halloween low key- Luke isn't real sure what it is anyway.

In our household, we celebrated October by watching the "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown," eating Kürbis (pumpkin) soup, and carving a pumpkin.  To carve our pumpkin, we went to the Jucker Farm in Seegräben.  The farm took pumpkins and gourds to a whole new level.  They had sculptures made out of various fruits/gourds, a restaurant - which had yummy Kürbis soup, a store, winery, and coffee shop.  I enjoyed a pumpkin latte while Luke devoured a Spitzbuben (shortbread cookie with jam).  The farm also had several pumpkins you could purchase and carve on site.  Luke enjoyed scooping out the meat from the pumpkin- although he didn't like getting it on his hands.  After Luke carved the pumpkin he played on a small red tractor- which brought back memories of my brother and I playing on my Grandpa's tractor.  Luke also climbed, jumped, and ran through a hay bale maze.  The farm also had a petting zoo with rabbits and goats.  Unfortunately, the line to get in was extremely long, it was getting cold, and I was ready to head home.  Fortunately, leaving without petting the animals was an easy task since we live near a farm with goats and rabbits that Luke can pet on a regular basis.

Hope you enjoy the mini slide show at the top of this post, it has a couple of pictures from our adventure at the Jucker Farm.