Pumpkin Carving

We have learned the hard way that in Texas, pumpkins rot really fast after you carve them. It's just not always cool enough for them to keep very long. Therefore, we waited until right before Halloween to carve our pumpkin this year.

We had been to the pumpkin patch already and chose a big pumpkin for carving. The girls helped ever so slightly to get the pumpkin goop out of the inside, but both were hesitant to touch it all that much. Really, they just used the spoons! They did just have baths, so I guess I'm glad they didn't get totally messy again...

We tried to separate out the pumpkin seeds while we scooped so that we could bake them when we were finished! This always makes me feel like "What am I doing??" but after roasting those seeds... it is so worth it! The girls ate them up eagerly, too. Seriously: rinse, dry, add olive oil, salt & paper.

The girls helped choose the shapes for the faces and so after drawing them, Justin cut them out with a big knife and there you have it! A not-scary face jack-o-lantern.

And Grandma helped, too!

Now, we are ready for some trick or treats!