Friday, October 24, 2008

Carving Pumpkins

Jeff led the pumpkin carving efforts this year since I was working late that week. While he set things up, the kids colored pictures of what they thought the pumpkins should look like.
Although they were a little hesitant at first about cleaning out the gooey, gross, cold pumpkins, they warmed up to the idea. And they managed to collect quite a few pumpkin seeds to be roasted later by Mom. Yummy! Jeff worked hard to carve the faces the kids requested for their individual pumpkins.
The kids brought the pumpkins outside to the front step so the neighbors could get a look at their masterpieces. Alex's pumpkins has 6 eyes to see all the spooky things outside. Elena's had a happy face a triangle eyes. Her class at school is learning all about triangles this month.