Carving Time!

Since the beginning of October,

when we went to Avila and got our pumpkins,

Landry has been BEGGING to carve them.

I kept telling him that we needed to

wait until it was closer to Halloween.

He was so excited that today was the day.

Remember that kid who used to HATE the

goop, seeds, and slime.?

Yup...not so much anymore!

Here is our carving supervisor.

She looks like she is waiting so patiently.

She was...for a while. ;)

This was the first year that Landry did 

his pumpkin all by himself!

I cut the lid...and helped him clean

the last little bits...but he did the rest himself.

Remember our supervisor...

who WAS waiting so patiently?

Well...surprise, surprise...

those patience ran out. :)

She REALLY wanted to get in on

the carving action.

Since her pumpkin was so small...

and clearly she wouldn't be able to carve it,

I decided to give her some markers

and let her have a go at it.

You can see that Landry gave her

a big "thumbs up!"

Decorating your pumpkin is

very serious business.

Lexie's finished work of art!

She quickly went from coloring her pumpkin...

to coloring on the table!

This is how she felt when I put a stop to that.

Notice the marker on her face. ;)

And there was just a LITTLE

marker on her hands.

Landry is so proud of his pumpkin!

Here are our three jack-o-lanterns

all ready for Halloween!