Spike's never really been a big Halloween guy. He doesn't like scary movies, and isn't particularly interested in scary stuff generally. Halloween does bring a couple of things he really enjoys though: candy, and carving pumpkins. Actually, pumpkin carving might be Spike's secret talent. He isn't much of an artist, but he loves to pick out the perfect pumpkin and carefully, creatively, carve out his vision. He can pick out a nice day and take his nephews to the pumpkin patch, find some good porch pumpkins, and enjoy some cider and donuts. His nephews are both a little small to carve their own pumpkins yet, but they do love to scoop the guts out and make a mess! Spike does his best to realize their orange vision. This year he had to carve "a spooky cow" and "a monster with huge fangs." He gets creative on his own too; he likes to carve the whole pumpkin into interesting patterns, or try out new techniques to get interesting effects when the pumpkin is lit up. His favorite effort this year was carving a big pumpkin taking a bite out of a little pumpkin!
And he definitely gets the good candy... even if he does stash a lot of it for himself!
And he definitely gets the good candy... even if he does stash a lot of it for himself!