Pumpkin Carving
With little kids around, it seems that Matt & I have been very consistent about purchasing pumpkins and very terrible about actually carving pumpkins. Well, this year we set out to change that.
After the Trunk or Treat, we changed out of costumes and got ready to do the messy business of pumpkin carving.
Hannah drew a face on her pumpkin.
And Daddy set to work cutting open the pumpkins - it was fascinating work.
With little kids around, it seems that Matt & I have been very consistent about purchasing pumpkins and very terrible about actually carving pumpkins. Well, this year we set out to change that.
After the Trunk or Treat, we changed out of costumes and got ready to do the messy business of pumpkin carving.
Hannah drew a face on her pumpkin.
And Daddy set to work cutting open the pumpkins - it was fascinating work.
Then came the kids' role of scooping out the seeds.
Peter stopped for a taste test.
Then back to work.
I got involved to make sure that the seeds actually made their way out of the pumpkin.
And then decided to start having some fun.
Because really, having kids is a lot of work but grasping the opportunities for silly, messy fun is without question one of the best perks of parenthood.
And for my daughter who hates being messy - she got a kick out of mommy chasing her with gooey hands.
Joy!
Eeewww!
Fun!
Back to work
And yes, our pumpkins did actually get carved into jack-o-lanterns but my hands were much too messy by that point to take a picture.
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