Lesson #1 that I learned from past experience, those "carve your perfect pumpkin" books that are full of awesome patterns only work if you have the attention span of an adult. So your kids pick the most complicated pattern in the book and then you, the parent are stuck carving the darn thing.
So this year I found a KIDS version of the patterns. The nice thing about this book was they were basic basic basic and there were exactly four choices. Four. And Tucker still had a hard time making a choice. But atleast it didn't take endless hours and they turned out pretty good.
Tucker did have to pick the biggest pumpkin in the entire patch. This only happened because Matt came along for the fun so he could pack the thing up and out. I couldn't even lift it to get it into the table. But my lack of strength is a whole different post.
Tucker trying to carve this beast. I don't know if you can actually tell, but there are little bite marks all along the bottom of the pumpkin where some rhodent tried, but failed to eat this pumpkin. That's how large and thick skinned this thing was.
And Cameron decided, with my suggestion, to try to carve a Hello Kitty pumpkin since she chose a white one. Google Hello Kitty pumpkin and look at what these crazy people are coming up with! Mine just plain sucks. But I think Cameron liked it. Atleast she told me it would win a prize in a contest.
Brody's happy pumpkin
Cameron's Hello Kitty pumpkin
And Tucker's Scary Skeleton. We are officially ready for the school's Monster Mash this afternoon and onto trick or treating on Monday. Love Halloween!
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