Jack-o-melons?

The kids' school has a lot of students from NATO families (though no Americans) and on the whole it made a valiant attempt at costumes and celebrating Halloween but otherwise there is no sign of such a holiday here in Izmir. I went to the store for a crazy spotted gourd I had seen to make a jack-o-lantern but it turned out to be a melon (like honeydew but much mushier) so Zach and I carved two jack-o-melons. The older kids love the Halloween idea but were way too preoccupied with their costume party last night to really give much thought to melon carving. After 15 years of jack-o-lanterns I sense the days of Halloween pumpkins in the house are numbered.

We've never been so 'hood' as we are
now that we're out of the U.S.

"Honey please, no more opera."