The Lee Family: Carving Pumpkins!

Sunday, October 23, 2016

Carving Pumpkins!

This afternoon, after Sofia's 1pm soccer game we decided to carve pumpkins. I think October seems to fly by because there is so much to do throughout the month. We have yet to visit Hall's Pumpkin Patch as a family, and I really want to do it together so we can get a photo of all four of us together. Olivia had a soccer game Friday evening, followed by another game Saturday morning, and Sofia had a soccer game at 3:15pm on Saturday and then one at 1pm today, so it's been hard to fit in anything related to pumpkins. Yesterday, after Olivia's 11am soccer game we drove to Market Street so the girls could pick out their choice of pumpkins to carve. I bought a few pumpkins last week for our front entrance and our fireplace mantel, but I like the girls to figure out the "perfect" carving pumpkin for themselves. They also picked out two smaller pumpkins for the "Storybook Pumpkin Patch" at the library. Instead of carving the smaller pumpkins, the girls plan to paint them and make them into dragons for display at their school's library.

The girls moved their pumpkins onto the grass and their two neighbors and buddies, Brandon and Antonio, came over and joined in the carving. I helped Olivia draw the face on her pumpkin. At lunch that day, I drew different eyes, nose, and mouths for her to chose what she liked best and then I knew what she wanted. I drew on the face with a black Sharpie and then started cutting with our kitchen knives. First, I cut the top off and Olivia carefully cleaned out the insides. She is our girl who doesn't like her hands dirty or sticky, so she wasn't a huge fan but did a good enough job. Meanwhile, Sofia loved cleaning it out and then after all the pumpkin innards were in the two bowls I set out, she liked to mush it all together through her fingers. Sofia drew on her own pumpkin face and I cut it out for her. Brandon too drew his own pumpkin face and I cut it after it was clear he might cut off a finger! Antonio also drew on his own face and I cut for him.

Once the pumpkins were cute and done, we took a few photos of the gang and also the girls with their pumpkins. As soon as we finished, Olivia and Sofia were set on painting their smaller pumpkins for their Storybook pumpkins, and they did a great job. Buddy kept sneaking small chunks of pumpkin meat and really loved it. We set our finished pumpkins by our entrance and the girls were excited to see them at night!

Olivia starting to draw her face...until I helped out.