Our little town of Highwood has been buzzing with excitement this past week. We were trying to break the world record of just under 30,200 jack-o-lanterns lit at once by lighting 32,000. This means all of the businesses, schools, and community members have been terribly busy carving pumpkins the past week for the great lighting last night. Along with this great jack-o-lantern lighting, there have been numerous activities to participate in as well. I'm so proud of our little town for coordinating and accomplishing all of this!
Our little skunk showing us her pee-you face before we went trick or treating to the local businesses Friday evening.
Geoff carving two pumpkins in honor of Lauren. He carved a L in one and an H in the other pumpkin. The town was so smart to have all of the pumpkins pre-gutted and for sale for only $2.50. There were carving stations all around town where people could carve right on the streets and then put their pumpkins up on the scaffolding.
A view of one pumpkin wall early Saturday morning.
We were up and in town so early Saturday morning because Geoff ran in a 5K race. All of the runners were encouraged to dress in costumes, so Geoff wore his marching band gear. Lauren and I were so proud to watch him round the final corner and finish with a time of just over 26 minutes. Way to go, Daddy!
After the big race, Bridie McKenna's, a local irish pub, provided a huge breakfast buffet for all of the race participants. All three of us enjoyed this wonderful breakfast. It started to sprinkle a little bit on the way home and Lauren just broke out in song! Thank goodness the rain did go away for the afternoon and evening. We had a storm come through around 8, but most of the rain held off for the big festival.
Mammie and Papa stopped by on their way home from South Dakota. We tried to hard to get Lauren to pose for a fall photo, but she just wouldn't look and smile at the same time.
Lauren's pumpkins all lit up waiting to be counted!
The main wall all lit up.
Even though we didn't beat the world record, currently held by Boston, the community feel around Highwood this past week has been fantastic! The unofficial count was 26,000 pumpkins lit this year. I KNOW we will beat the record next year!
After we returned from the jack-o-lantern lighting, we celebrated Aunt Stephanie's birthday with some gifts, singing, and caramel apple pie. What a wonderful family afternoon and evening we had!
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