So we loaded up our pumpkins and headed over, so I could once again clean all of the pumpkins out and then carve them. (Why do we do this again? Oh yeah, TRADITION!! They will like it...some day!)Morgan and Mason did a pretty good job on cleaning out and carving their pumpkins, thus giving my hope for the future!
Cole supervised, with his pants hiked up so he didn't get pumpkin guts on them!
Cole did enjoy designing his face. He knew exactly what he wanted it to look like. No one could persuade him to change it!
After he perfected it on the newspaper, I copied it onto the pumpkin. As you can tell from the extra lines, it took me a few times to satisfy him!
He did actually use a pumpkin carver this year and tried to carve out the eyes, so I suppose that is at least some progress, right?!
In the end, it looked pretty good. In fact, it was missing a few teeth, just like Cole! (We were trying to show the tooth that he lost earlier that day.)
Emily tried to help clean her pumpkin out, keeping her arm as far away as possible.
Then, she tried again from the same distance, but a little bit different angle!
Her spoon finally made it in the pumpkin, but the way she was holding it, there was no way she was going to be able to scoop!
Although, she couldn't quite bring herself to clean the pumpkin out, Emily did also help carve her pumpkin's eyes.
Emily and her finished product.
We managed to get Addy to at least touch the pumpkin stem. She quickly dropped it when she realized what was attached to the stem though!
She was just fine sitting on my lap as I carved! So maybe the third child is the charm and I will finally have a child who likes to help carve pumpkins! (Or she could have just been happy sitting on her Mom's lap. But, we'll pretend it was the pumpkin!)
Addy was least excited about this picture, for some reason. She did not want to sit by her pumpkin. (So, maybe it was her Mom's lap that made her happy in the previous shot!)
My kids have taught Kira well. She does not want to look at, touch, or be anywhere near the pumpkins and their insides!
We did finally find something to make them all smile. Donuts and hot chocolate to celebrate our finished products!
Even if I am more into it then they are, we did end up with some good jack-o-lanterns, and they at least tried a little more this year. So, I guess we will try again next year. After all, how can I resist these faces!!
No comments:
Post a Comment