The Best Pumpkins Ever!

We had a lot of fun carving pumpkins this year... one of the boys had "bought" a book of those patterns at Awanas, so we tried those for the first time.

First, we had to cut the tops off of our pumpkins and get all the ooey-gooey guts out. With three boys, that was, of course, the most enjoyable part. Jayden had a lot fun taking a dare to eat some (gross!), and pretending he was throwing it up... ewww

This is his face after he tasted some.

Pretending he is throwing up into the pumpkin... 

Yuck!

Rylan getting in on the fun. "Monkey see- Monkey do!"

Time to begin the carving, which was very tedious and took a lot of time!

Team work or supervising?

Rylan picked what turned out to be one of the easier designs, and it turned out great.

Little carvers hard-at-work

More teamwork

I love the concentration (times three) in this picture!

Rylan's finished product... so cool!

Jayden Hard at work!

 Jayden creatively posing with his finished product!

 Mama doing her part (besides picture-taking!)

 A rare, no make-up picture... 

 And another... 

 Abbie and Allie didn't help at all!

 Daddy got home from work and pitched-in!

Three jack-o-lanterns... three punks! 

 And the all-lit-up version!