Carving Pumpkins

The past couple of years mom and dad have come and helped us carve pumpkins. It's so much easier when the ratio of adults to children is equal. After a little pleading, they came. The kids each carved the pumpkin they picked out at the orchard. Aubrey and Chloe's pumpkins were big and much harder to cut open and clean out. Coye's was a piece of cake. He loved helping scoop out the insides. The girls did much better this year too. In the past, they've been grossed out by the slime inside, but this year they both got right in and dug some of it out. Once they were all cleaned out, the girls drew faces on the outside and then mom and dad helped them cut the pieces out. Their faces were a bit elaborate so some adjustments had to be made, but they turned out cute and the kids had fun carving.