Carving Pumpkins

Grant really, really wanted to get to carve the pumpkin he got while on his school field trip.

So one day while the other kids were at school I helped him fulfill that dream :)

And since Silvio had never carved a pumpkin before we thought he needed to experience it as well.

Especially since the painting of the pumpkins had been a flop.

Silvio was surprised how thick the pumpkins were to cut through.  Grant loved all the guts inside of them.

We decided no patterns this year!  Just carve a simple face and be happy!

That theory proved to be a good one.  There weren't any tears and everyone enjoyed carving their pumpkins.  So really they kids got to paint and then carve pumpkins this year!  Double the fun I guess?

Good job Kiersten!

Grant ended up getting to carve pumpkins twice.  He didn't mind one bit.

We sat the pumpkins out for Halloween night to decorate the porch and invite the trick-or-treates to our door.

Grant did a much better job on this huge pumpkin than he did on the tiny one he got on his school field trip.