Spooky Pumpkins

Sunday evening we did our annual pumpkin carving.  Justin isn't a big fan of the carving part, so I typically do it.  Garytt was eager to watch at first.



But I guess it took a bit too long for me to get the pumpkin open because off he went.  (But look, I can carve pumpkins without even looking...ha!)



After I opened up the first pumpkin, it was time to dig out all the insides.  Garytt was eager to help...





Until he decided it was "yucky."  I tried to get him to touch the pumpkin guts, but he would have none of it.





Garytt decided it was safest to just poke around inside the pumpkin with his spoon...then his hands wouldn't have to come into contact with anything slimy.



Then Westyn had a breakdown in the office.  I think he wanted to see what was going on at the table.



So, we put him in his highchair so he could view the action....he was much happier.



After I finished carving my pumpkin, we let Westyn take a look at it up close.









Of course, then it was time to clean out Justin's pumpkin.  Again, Garytt didn't want to touch the insides.  However, once I got it mostly cleaned out, I convinced him to pick up one of the remaining pumpkin seeds inside.



He only touched one pumpkin seed and then he was done.  This boy really doesn't like the feel of slimy things!

Although Justin doesn't like to carve his pumpkin, he does draw out a face for me to carve.  I tend to carve a very traditional Jack-O-Lantern face into my pumpkin, so Garytt wasn't too surprised by the finished product...he has seen similar "spooky pumpkins" in coloring books and on cartoons.  However, when we showed Garytt the face Justin had drawn onto the pumpkin, he was excited and tried to make the same silly face...it was pretty funny.





So, I set to work carving Justin's pumpkin.  Apparently, Justin felt the need to capture my face as I was concentrating...this is serious work!



While I carved Justin's pumpkin, Westyn played with his pumpkin.







Garytt also played with his pumpkin (kind of like a bowling ball) while wearing his winter hat that looks like a puppy backwards.





And here are the finished products.





I thought our "spooky pumpkins" (that is what Garytt calls Jack-O-Lanterns) turned out pretty well.  We don't really do those impressive carvings where you do a witch flying on a broomstick with the moon glowing behind her.  I'm so not that patient with the process and I'm a traditionalist when it comes to Jack-O-Lanterns...although it's mostly that I don't have the patience.

We are ready Halloween!