Carving Pumpkins

We returned home with our new pumpkins and decided to carve them. Although we generally buy pumpkins prior to Halloween, we've never actually carved them with Sofia. We took the pumpkins outside, set them on newspaper, and started cleaning them out. Meanwhile, Sofia took her markers and started drawing all over the pumpkins to decorate them. I showed her how to separate out the seeds, which we later roasted.

Finally it was time to carve! We have a carving kit that includes different templates to use for carving, so I asked Sofia which eyes, nose, and mouth we should have on our pumpkin. Once she decided, we drew on the pumpkin's face and started to carve. Meanwhile, CK carved his own pumpkin that turned out really cute! It was such a fun day! I roasted the pumpkin seeds, which neither CK nor Sofia had tried before. They turned out to be a good snack.

Sofia decorating the pumpkin with her markers


Hard at work decorating!


Cleaning out our pumpkins


The finished pumpkins


Sofia and my creation (that big space on the side is supposed to be the outline of a cat).


Papa's pumpkin!