Guts and Grins

Pumpkin carving night is always something we look forward to in the Fall, almost as much as getting the pumpkins.  This year Kenzie was able to draw a face on her pumpkin and then have me carve it out.  It was a very interesting looking cat.  Ben lost interest in his pumpkin shortly after he stuck his hand in for the first time to pull out some guts.  He soon after requested a washcloth to clean his hand and then was happy to watch.

Here's Ben on his first drip into the pumpkin, Kenzie is watching to see what he pulls out.

Now she's happily scooping out her pumpkin and he's cleaning his hands off.  Maybe next year he'll get into this guts thing.

McKenzie was also very insistent that we save seeds, lots of seeds, so that we could grow more pumpkins next year in our garden.  Our pumpkin plants this year didn't do much of anything but grow vines all over and never produce any pumpkins bigger than a plum.  We'll see if they make it into the garden again.

Our works of art!  Ben's is on the left, Matt did a great spooky tree, McKenzie's cat creature and my signature pumpkin the Z, for when I'm tired of pumpkin carving after I finish the kids pumpkins.  

Our cuties, grinning with their pumpkins.

Such a fun family night though next year we *may* have to try carving with the whole crowd after we do the pumpkin patch.