Journey to the Center of the Pumpkin(s)

We carved our pumpkin last night with Ez since he had to leave for San Diego today (for 6 days--boo hoo). All the kids (minus Joe because he fell asleep) had lots of fun! David and Lily really enjoyed getting in and cleaning out the pumpkin. Alexis thought it would be great initially, but once she realized how slimy and sticky she would get, she chose to support from the sidelines.

Since Halloween is on a Friday night this year, it kind of takes away from all the fun Friday stuff there is to do, so we had a mock Friday night this evening, I suppose. We rented Journey to the Center of the Earth and watched it after dinner while we carved mini pumpkins, toasted pumpkin seeds, and frosted and ate sugar cookies. It was lots of fun!

It was interesting to cut into the smaller pumpkins--there were far more seeds in them than the larger one, and the goo was much harder to get out, so our pumpkins are not the cleanest on the inside! The cookies were fun but the kitchen is still sticky...we made pumpkins, bats, and ghosts. While multiple shapes may be fun, I think I will stick to only pumpkins next year. The bats are cute plain, but not so much once a little frosting is added. The ghost cookie cutter that I have has little arms, which break or just look a bit silly frosted! Simplify, simplify, simplify!

It begins!

Digging in

A bit cold and slimy

Keeping Evie happy in the high chair with a candy bar!

Alexis helping joe clean out the mini pumpkin

Evie is hoping she can help Lily this time

David using the army knife approach

Our works of art!

Lily testing the frosting for us