Guess the Great Pumpkin’s Weight & Win Elitch Gardens Fright Fest Tickets!

**CONTEST CLOSED. THE GREAT PUMPKIN WEIGHED 1220.5 POUNDS. CONGRATS TO WINNERS CATHERINE T. (1,200 LBS), PRICILLA B. (1.252 LBS) AND MARILYN B. (1,200)**

It’s that time of year again: pumpkins!

Actually, growing giant pumpkins is a year-round pastime for my husband Jamie and he will be participating in the weigh-off and fall festival at Jared’s Nursery, Gift & Garden in Littleton on Saturday Sept 28, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Kids will love the giant pumpkins and other giant and/or mutant vegetables, in addition to Jared’s Galleria of Ghouls, a straw maze, obstacle course, bouncy castle, face painting and a petting zoo.

Jamie’s pumpkin “Stanley” was lovingly named after my dad and is the biggest he has ever grown. Unfortunately, it formed a small crack a few weeks ago so it is disqualified from official GPC Giant Pumpkin Commonwealth standings (nope, I can’t make this stuff up) but it will still go to the scale.

To say this is the climax of his entire year is an understatement.

The Contest

For the social athlete: Win an Apera Sports Bag worth $131

**CONTEST CLOSED**

Yeah, you need another bag.

Simple, sleek and uncomplicated, Apera’s new PureSport Sling Tote is my new go-to bag for the car with the kiddos. I know, it’s supposed to be a gym bag for the “social athlete” but it rocks for the car and children. With ample space for clothes, shoes, water bottles and easy-to-reach pockets for snacks, this bag stores all of my random necessities in an accessible location for the car.

What’s even better, the entire bag is antimicrobial, waterproof and comes with a small washable insert, extremely important for car trips when a rogue coffee spill might encounter the bag or a child’s juice cup with no lid. These things happen.