Nothing like waiting til 3 days before Halloween to carve
our pumpkins, but we have been very busy!! Anyway, tonight
was the night to make beautiful jack-o-lanterns from our
pumpkins. First we had to weight them. Aiden's pumpkin
weighed 20 pounds and Shaelyn's weighed 40 pounds! Shaelyn's
was so big that it was difficult to carve. Aiden quickly
joined the festivities by helping scoop out the insides and
even tasted a bit before deciding he didn't much like raw
pumpkin and seeds. After carving, we put our little battery operated
lights in them and set them on the porch. By the time we got
them all carved and on the porch it was dark outside and chilly.
We quickly set the kids on the porch for a mere 30 seconds,
took a picture and bounded back inside. NOW we are ready for
Halloween. That is the extent of our decorations as we don't
really do a lot for Halloween. Aiden and Shaelyn had a terrific
time and even Sophie (the dog) thought pumpkin seeds were yummy!
We have saved some of the seeds and just might see if we can't
grow pumpkins of our own next season. I have the green thumb
of a hamster so seriously doubt much will come of that! Oh well,
nice thought anyway!
4 comments:
Every time I see a picture of Aiden doing some thing like this my heart just melts. Things he has never done before and how his little life has change in the past month or so.I just wonder what is going through his precious little mind. these pictures are so cute. The pumpkins turned out very nice.
I think it's funny you saying that you're just getting around to carving your pumpkins. We haven't yet either! I think tomorrow night we'll get to them (hopefully ;-)
One way to look at it though is that they'll (the pumpkins) will still look great unlike some that, if done too soon, are puckered and shriveling.
What a lovely family!
take care!
Tina
Love the picture of Aiden scooping and Sophie watching. And Shae did a great job on her humungous pumpkin.
That is a HUGE pumpkin, Shaelyn! You guys did a nice job carving them. I do love the picture of Aiden looking intently at his pumpkin on the chair. It made me smile.
Love, Marea
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