We enjoyed our Sunday afternoon carving pumpkins with Mark and Aimee outside in wonderful fall weather. Davis ran around outside playing with his footballs and watched us work on several pumpkins, intermittently squealing with delight. Chris, although not initially excited about pumpkin carving, actually worked diligently on two pumpkins. He even "mucked" the pumpkin which came as a surprise to his parents as he NEVER did this as a kid. We purchased a small pumpkin carving kit and Aimee and Mark outdid us by bringing a SAW. Yep that is right a "sawzall". Needless to say Mark was the first one done with his pumpkin because he used the saw for the entire pumpkin. It sure did come in handy for the pumpkin faces.
Davis busy playing.
Mark's finished product.
Helping Aimee....
Chris working diligently on his pumpkin...
Aimee's finished product.
Chris still working...
Davis wanting to hold Aimee's pumpkin.
Group shot
The line-up of pumpkins
Chris and I decided on a pattern called "Good Bite Moon" (Halloween spin off of "Good night Moon" one of our bedtime favorites.) which as you can see has a bat in the silhouette of the moon.
We also decided to carve a small pumpkin for Davis with a little puppy on it. We may take it to daycare for him because they invited all the kids to bring in a pumpkin that they decorated. Of course he didn't help much with the pumpkin but I thought about getting him to put his handprints on the side or back.
Of course after emptying all those seeds we decided to make toasted pumpkin seeds. I tried a couple different flavors- sea salt, creole seasoning, and cinnamon seeds. Unfortunately I overcooked some of the seeds but the regular sea salt seeds were my favorite.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!
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