Much ado about 'Jack'

Meet Jack and his mate, coincidentally also named Jack, bright, heavy and boldly waiting to be carved.

Meet their carvers -- gleefully excited inspite of having elbows deep in slimey pumkin guts.

Readying Jack + Jack for some serious carving.

With quiet intent, the carvers with their small and sharpened tools, dig deep into the flesh. This Jack had the right constitution and the carving proceeded easily.

Unfortunately, the other Jack was picked too green and neither serrated nor butcher's knife could cut through its crust. So, we abandoned hard Jack and the girls worked on mini-pumpkins instead and carved out more holes than in cheese.

The boys' Grim Reaper -- a spooky ending for Jack.