Carving out some fun!

If you are a follower of this particular blog, you will know that we have, now, nine pumpkins in our possession. So, to s-t-r-e-t-c-h out the fun, we decided to do a little carving today and a little carving in a couple of days and a little more some days after that and perhaps a final pumpkin on Hallowe'en. SO here are our first attempts. Aurelia didn't mind the muck this year and Ezra is SO proud of his pumpkin's lopsided grin. Read on, dear friends, and enjoy the macabre -- just kidding.

Ezra designing his pumpkin's face.

Aurelia drawing on her Jack.

Here's the first cut of the year! Aurelia was all smiles!

These pumpkins from the Smith Farms did not have much gunk inside - so that was a nice treat, but they also had really big, juicy looking seeds. YUM! Aurelia did almost all of her own carving, but her hand did get tired after a while, so I helped to finish it up. I'll have to post a photo of the finished product later, though, because I didn't get one somehow!! There's actually a story to that - but it doesn't need to be printed here.

Ezra was so cute when he helped me cut the parts. First he told his little pumpkin, "Here you go, pumpkin. We cut your hair." Then, "We cut your eye out, pumpkin, so you can see!" etc. . . for each, and finally the last ear: "Now you can hear, pumpkin!" I love two year olds!! Doesn't he look proud! This pumpkin is now a part of our family and must sit with us on the kitchen table. I hope he doesn't smell too much when he rots . . .