I celebrate Halloween with a Ravens pumpkin.

I know, I'm slightly late on the Halloween post, but ... carving happened a little late, so that will be my excuse.

It as a sporty Halloween here. I went with the Ravens and Cole repped KC baseball. My inspiration came from a contest the Ravens were holding: #RavensPumpkin Contest. Sadly, my efforts fell a little flat, and I don't think I will win. I broke our little caring knife if that is any indication. I still liked the final outcome, but it wasn't my desired look. I planned to carve "Ravens" in the back to shine on the all, but my pumpkin was too thick and speckled. Instead, I added a splash of team calligraphy.

Carving on the back didn't go as planned, so I did some fan calligraphy on the back.

Play like a Raven :)

By candle light, the design kind of shines through.

I carved mine Tuesday night, which meant it looked like a dead bird by Halloween. Thankfully, Cole's baseball image carved on Halloween looked great. (He's had lots to do, so this was his Friday night break.)

Cole guts his pumpkin on Halloween.

Cole also uses a favorite sports team as inspiration.

Cole looks at his KC model.

As you probably know, we carve pumpkins each year. I'm really a fan of how this year's compare, but I'll let you be the judge. P.S. Cole's from 2011 is intense. I am not sure how he did that.

• 2013: Owl and NBA basketball.
• 2012: Bikini Bottom Nash Potatoes and UVA.
• 2011: Gymnast and Darth Maul.

That's a pretty impressive KC pumpkin.