The Pumpkin....

 One sunny Sunday afternoon in Iowa, we grabbed our lovely pumpkin and headed outside for some carving.  The children were really excited and so were we!  They wanted to make an animal, and being the good parents that we are, we agreed!  They were thrilled!  We are NOT pumpkin carving experts in this household.  We can follow a pattern, but most of the time the kids want to help.  That makes all of the elaborate plans fly out of the window and we resort to easy shapes which are simple for even the novice carvers in the family!

This year it was a cat....

Hannah was just dying to get in there and get all of the slimy seeds!  She likes roasting them with Daddy... and then they eat them together!  

She doesn't mind all of the messy hands!

 "What IS this, momma?"

Grace is now a professional... she gets in there with no problem and really helps!

Caleb getting down and dirty!

Are you bored, Siah?

When you say "CHEESE" to Caleb, this is the face that you get!  HA!

I enjoyed how even Josiah wanted in on the action!  Here he is taking out the piece of the cat's nose! 

Hannah was pretty proud of it!

The lit pumpkin in our kitchen! :)