Remember the Christmas tree Charlie Brown picked out? The most scrawny one in the lot? "All it needed was a little love." Ring a bell?
Well, as I found out with the help of my younger two kids, the same philosophy applies to pumpkins. On our yearly visit to a church pumpkin patch, my tender-hearted offspring didn't want these pumpkins to be kicked to the curb before Halloween. The voices spoke in perfect unison. "Dad, we HAVE to get these!" Even though I protested the choices, more loving and tender hearts won out. Later, even I found a means to look at the more positive side of this situation. Maybe they had great personalities.
The largest look as if it has a serious outer skin issue. The middle-sized one obviously forgot his suncreen. And the smallest one was the one my seven-year-old picked out. I included it in the photo because it's the healthiest one of the three-just smaller. Clearly, these are NOT Great Pumpkin contestants.
So when you go trick or treating Monday night, and you see something like this at the front door, you'll know who lives there!
