pumpkins

I just can't resist stopping at these trailers set up on the side of the road, and this time of year they're everywhere.

Even with temperatures dropping and Halloween right around the corner, there's still time to get out for some fall family fun in central Minnesota this weekend.

I have fond memories from my childhood of being gathered around the dining room table with my dad, mom and two younger sisters Abigail and Annabeth. It's October, Halloween is just a couple weeks away, and we're decorating Halloween cookies together as The Monster Mash spins on my dad's vinyl record player.

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I've been eating pumpkin seeds ever since I was old enough to have solid foods. It's one of the best things about carving pumpkins--knowing that you'll get to eat the roasted seeds when it's all said and done.

It's not Halloween until I've carved a pumpkin and this year I cut it pretty close.

In our family, you can't plan on doing anything on Sundays during a Vikings game. That usually means we have to take care of all of our business on Saturdays.

My neighbor lady has already started to display Halloween decorations AND pumpkins on her front porch--which begs the question, how soon is too soon to display or carve your pumpkins?

Here are six things that you can do with your pumpkin to give it a little more use.

Like it or not, fall is here, (pretty much, let's not get technical about it, okay?). We all know what that means -- hot apple cider, digging out your sweaters from the back of the closet, and people going on and on about how much they love pumpkin spice lattes.

Between your foolproof stencil of Justin Bieber's face and an endless supply of premium 99 cent carving tools, you probably envisioned yourself minutes away from that dreamy pop star pumpkin glowing all over your neighbors' jealous faces. What could go wrong?

Last weekend, my family decided we were fed up with working and chores and we were going to have some fun. We found it at 101 Market in Otsego. If giant bouncy pumpkins, pedal cart races, a petting zoo, a corn maze, potato slingers, a haunted mortuary, a corn pit and animal train rides sound like fun – this is the place for you. (And if you need help in the maze, we’ve got it figured out.) Read Mo