Pumpkins

Since today is Halloween, we decided last night was the perfect time to carve our pumpkins. We got them the first weekend in October, but we have learned to wait to carve unless you like pumpkin pie on your porch for Halloween.

Both kids were hysterical last night. Evan dove right into his pumpkin with a giant spoon:

Issa (who was a mouse for dance last night) was not so sure about the whole pumpkin guts thing:

Evan absolutely cracked up every time we said "pumpkin guts," but he also was no so sure about that slimy stuff:

We had four pumpkins filled with seeds, so once we had plenty for toasting, everything went in the compost bowl. This kid cracks me up:

The annual Daddy carving shot:

An Issa photo bomb:

And one weird boy:

I still don't know what he was doing.

Instead of carving the pumpkin from Evan's field trip, he decided to use our pumpkin head pieces to make this dog pig:

The actual carving was a bit different this year. We departed from the traditional jack-o-lantern and went with more artistic pumpkins. Issa wanted a leaf on hers:

And Evan wanted a witch:

Please let the record show all of these pumpkins were free-handed. I did a tree with a bat, and Daddy did the family:

I carved three, but Daddy still did the most carving. Please not in our pumpkin family portrait Daddy has an ax, Evan has a tail, Issa has horns, and I have a broom. Daddy declared it his best pumpkin ever.

Tonight, we trick or treat!