Mother Nature smiled down on us again today. After a cold start to the day the sun came out and we were able to carve our pumpkins outside. I still can’t believe it’s October and we are outside in sweatshirts! Anyway, the kids are usually super excited to carve their pumpkins … for about the first 10 minutes. They will help pull the pumpkin guts out for a little bit then bail, leaving us to finish up the task. This year was only marginally better. This is about as close as Zander got to helping.
Mostly though, he just watched.
Nick was simultaneously grossed out
and amused by the goo coming from inside the pumpkin. He took special pleasure in scooping and flinging the stringy pumpkin guts across our driveway.
This guy is still too little to be much of a help. So, he just sat around being his usual cute self. Until it was time to eat. Then, he was my excuse to go inside. It might have been sunny and unseasonably warm, but the insides of those pumpkins were still cold! I was happy to have an excuse to warm my hands up!
However, that means I didn’t get a picture of the final masterpieces. This was the first year we used the carving sets instead of just free-handing it. We stuck to the easy designs and they didn’t turn out too bad. Maybe next year we will get a little more adventurous.
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