Tonight we had a little pumpkin carving party. We invited Jonathan's parents, his brother Matt, and Matt's girlfriend Anna over for some chili dinner and pumpkin carving. We had a great time and were able to get our pumpkins carved and ready for Halloween tomorrow!
Justin had some interest in the pumpkin carving at the beginning, but it faded quickly. He kept wanting to cut open the top by himself. All I heard was "I do it! I do it!" He did not want any help!
We finally convinced him to let us help and got the top cut. Justin, of course, did the honors of pulling off the top.
Now was Mommy's favorite part- getting down to pulling out the ooey-gooey pumpkin guts! With Justin being a boy in so many ways, I thought for sure he would LOVE this part!
But, as you can see, his first reaction was not a good one. He was grossed out, and it was hilarious!
I finally convinced him to hold some of the pumpkin guts, but he still wasn't so sure about them. This is about when he gave up on pumpkin carving.
Grandma and Grandpa took over cleaning out Justin's pumpkin
Katelynn had a blast this year with the pumpkins. Daddy helped her get hers cleaned out and then she decided to use a kit we had that you pounded in pieces that will light up with a light inserted in the pumpkin (kind of like Light Brite when we were kids). We were very impressed that she was able to get them in all by herself!
While the rest of us were busy actually getting our pumpkins cleaned and carved, Anna and Matt were having a pumpkin gut fight and teaching Justin some great tricks for grossing out his sister and future girlfriends.
Katelynn even had to take a break for her project to watch the fight.
After decorating her own pumpkin, Katelynn chose to come over and carve a face in Justin's pumpkin with Grandma.
She got two eyes carved before calling it good.
Two very cool pumpkins and two very sleepy kids later, our pumpkins were done!
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