The great pumpkin debacle

We learned a valuable lesson this weekend: never let your child hold (for an extended period of time) the pumpkin you intend to cook. Because that pumpkin will become your child's friend forever.

Even after buying Cole a second pumpkin from Wright's farm stand he bawled at the sight of Dada's knife next to the pumpkin we had purchased at Adam's. Instead of making our long awaited pumpkin stew, we were forced to take the pumpkin off the chopping block and return it to its rightful owner.