Pumpkin Prep

Last night we decided we should break down and carve these pumpkins. We only bought three and figured Owen and Kaysen could share the smallest one. There was a bit of an argument about who got the biggest pumpkin, but Jaxen was the bigger sibling and decided to take the medium one. Shame on me for not getting pumpkins that were the exact same size.

Ember and Owen decided to go with a stencil, while Jaxen chose to create a more personal jack-o-lantern.

Jaxen wanted to do all the cutting, but 1/8 around the top decided that maybe a little help was needed.

Owen and Kaysen were a bunch of wimps and wouldn't stick their hands into the pumpkin to get out the guts. This picture was staged, as Kaysen was just pretending to get his pic taken. I think he took out 2 seeds max, one at a time, before smearing any residual on his shirt.

Ember and Jaxen dug right in and got to work.

 Kaysen really wants his picture taken and pokes his dirty face into the picture at the last minute!

 Ok, he is bored. Off to read some books while he waits for "his pumpkin" to be done.

It was a fun night carving and being goofy. Pumpkin guts anyone?!
The kids were excited to see their creations in the dark.