Carving Pumpkins

I love carving pumpkins. I remember when I thought it was disgusting and I would make my dad scoop out all the guts... it stunk, too! Well, thankfully I've grown up, but I have a daughter who was gagging and plugging her nose through much of the pumpkin carving this year. And who ended up "gutting" and even finishing carving hers? That would be me! I do have to say, she wasn't feeling really well anyway, so the smell of pumpkin wasn't helping, but hopefully one day she won't think it's disgusting anymore :) Also, I did enjoy carving it for her. She designed it (drew on the face she wanted) and I followed her lines. I messed up the nose, but that's ok. The other three "designed" theirs, too. Jared did a lot of carving and scooping. I love watching him, because he really concentrates! Here are some pictures of the fun!


Poor Eryn... She really wasn't feeling all that well, and she even ended up staying home from school the next day. Thankfully she was feeling better by Saturday.



Kaitlyn... she did her entire pumpkin on her own (I may have scooped out a little bit that she couldn't get out, but that doesn't count!)



Crazy little Bryson... he had a blast. He drew a very elaborate face for me to carve. It ended up being pretty cool :)


Hayden... he actually had a bigger pumpkin, but chose to have his smaller one carved. Daddy helped him. He was quite proud of his little jack-o-lantern! And if you notice, he still has his "facial hair" from his earlier preschool party. He was a construction worker :)



I love watching Jared help the kids with their pumpkins. I think he has as much fun as they do.


The kids loved how their jack-o-lanterns turned out. We did forget to set them out and light them on Halloween, but we lit them a couple of times inside, and they thought it was fun to see the cool light shapes on the ceiling. Too bad they start to shrivel and stink after just a few days. They will be going to pumpkin heaven later on today! :)