The Power of the Penn State Pumpkin

I knew there was something special in the air yesterday...

My mommy doesn't have ANY crafty bones in her body. She is seriously craft challenged, so when my friends Avery and Evan came over to watch the Penn State game with us and Mommy surprised us with a package from Michael's, I knew it was going to be a great day.

Mommy bought us all craft pumpkins. She gave us lots of stuff to decorate and create our very own Penn State pumpkins.


We laid out the supplies and got to work. We knew that these pumpkins could be a good omen for the outcome of the game. If we made good pumpkins, then Penn State would have a chance of FINALLY beating the Buckeyes in the Horseshoe.


Avery took the challenge of creating a superb Penn State pumpkin very seriously. What Penn State pumpkin doesn't have great blue hair?!

Evan was equally serious about the task - he actually got more paint on the pumpkin than on himself!!


The Ohio State players have those silly Buckeye stickers that they put on their helmets for good plays - I decided my pumpkin needed some sparkle blue stars to represent all the good plays that were to come to Penn State that night.


We were quite proud of our creations. Since Mommy had stepped out of the box and came up with the idea to make our pumpkins, I started to get a good feeling that Penn State would step out of its box and defeat the Buckeyes on their home turf. The pumpkins HAD to be a good omen!!


We knew we'd need a lot of energy to cheer on our Nittany Lions, so we loaded up on a yummy dinner.


My future husband and I decided a little karaoke was necessary to pass the time while we anxiously awaited kick off.


One last dance before our pre-game warm up. Big Jim brought some Penn State music, and we paraded around the family room waving our pom poms and getting pumped up!














Mommy has a new night game ritual of enjoying a frozen mocha Coffeez right before kick off - she says they help her stay awake for the whole game. When nobody is looking, she sneaks me a sip!! Sorry, Emmet, no Coffeez for pugs!

It was FINALLY game time, so we positioned our pumpkins in a place where they could 'watch over' our Penn State players and send them good luck vibes.

Looks like the gang is ready!!

We needed a picture with Daddy, too, so Amy took this shot.

After the pumpkin creating, dinner, pre-game warm up and Coffeez, the game began. Even though I didn't get to see the whole game, I knew it must have been good when I started to hear hooting and hollering from downstairs. I woke up to the great news that my beloved Nittany Lions went to the Horseshoe and DEFEATED Ohio State. The pumpkins worked!!

Stay tuned for more pictures of our weekend - a day after our wonderful win, we decided to celebrate with our friends by doing something Mommy has NEVER done before, even though she grew up in Lancaster...