The Best (Weirdest) Halloween Ever!

For Halloween our new friend Kyndell suggested that we carve pumpkins. We thought that was a terrific idea and decided we would go to a market, buy some pumpkins, and take them home and carve them. At the market we decided that since there are not really any "normal" pumpkins in Thailand we would get an assortment of fruits and vegetables to carve. We came home with a bell pepper, watermelon, squash, pumpkin, and Thai cucumber. These are our finished creations!
In the process of gutting the "pumpkins."

Spooky...

The watermelon (the mom of the group)

(Thai cucumber, the grandma) Yeah, we didn't think it looked like a cucumber either.

At the end of the night as we sat around by the light of the "pumpkins" eating pumpkin seeds (from the only one that actually was a pumpkin) I had a strong "I'm home" feeling. The feeling of being thankful that, even though being in Thailand will never be as good as being in the States, it still can feel like home.