Carving Pumpkins

Time seemed to get away from us the week leading up to Halloween ... With dance lessons on Monday night and me teaching on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, our only possible day left to carve pumpkins was Halloween Eve (Thursday) -- after Sam got home from dance.

We had everything all set up so that as soon as Steve walked in the back door with the girls (Sophia likes to go and watch Sam dance) at 6:45 pm, the girls set to work cleaning out their pumpkins. 

I didn't even bother to have Sam change out of her leotard and tights; the girls simply donned their aprons and worked at lightening speed to remove all of the "guts."

Sometimes they used and their hands, and at other times, they attempted to use a spoon:

 

 

 

Now, Jack was a different story all together.  He was definitely intrigued ...

 



But any interest in actually sticking his hand into the gooey mess, was short-lived.

Within seconds, he was DONE.  Nope, absolutely no pumpkin cleaning happened with him that night.

 

So, Steve took one for the team and finished cleaning out Jack's pumpkin for him!

And Jack got moved over to an area where he practiced putting Sophia's top on her pumpkin and taking it back off again about 62 times, much to her frustration.

 

 

Soon, I jumped in and helped carve Sophia's pumpkin exactly to her specifications.

 



Those directions included me carving "six square eyes, one triangle nose and two curved mouths."

The final products waiting to be placed outside with a candle in them: