It’s the Great Pumpkin, Spiderman!

The Great Pumpkin rolled up to our house Monday afternoon. At first, we weren’t sure what to do with such a famous and unexpected guest.

At 162 pounds, he dwarfs the very reasonably sized pumpkin that has already made our front porch his home.

You read that right. We have a 162-pound porch pumpkin, and you know what they say, the bigger the pumpkin, the harder the Fall. Buckle up. There’s a latte puns ahead.

Don’t get me wrong. I like our new giant pumpkin friend, he’s got a lot of guts. I’m just having trouble carving out the time to honor him properly.

In fact, I don’t really want to carve him at all. At least not until the ghost of Halloween present appears.

Last time I carved a pumpkin too early it hosted a raucous house party with all its gross little bug friends. They all got lit and I ended up having to scrape them up off the front porch. Then I grounded the whole bunch, deeply grounded them, in a field far away.

I’d like to avoid that scene this year. I don’t want people to start thinking this is the seedier side of town. In fact, let’s squash that rumor right now.

So, I came up with a pretty gourd plan.

I’m going to make some Great Pumpkin Costumes. I’ll dress up the big guy, just for fun, until it’s time to turn him into a Jack O’Lantern.

This week, in honor of our granddaughter, who loves him, our friend Anakin, who is him, our other friend Sylas, who taught me to draw him, and our other friend Auggie, who is just discovering his greatness, I made our pumpkin into Spiderman.

With Great Pumpkins comes great responsibility.

If you’re in the neighborhood, pop over to see him.

Let the gourd times roll!

P.S. I’m open to suggestions for next week’s costume.