Pumpkin' Carving

This October is a little different... no fall festivals, no pumpkin patches, no Halloween parties.  We are keeping this little boy healthy, but we can still have fun!!   We decided that we only had a small window of time to carve pumpkins before Halloween.  Our week is full of appointments and we are busy, so we decided to carve our pumpkins last minute on Sunday.  We grabbed a couple pumpkins at Sprouts and called it good! 

The kids loved scraping and scooping the guts and goo.  Owen even did his whole pumpkin.  Then he insisted on carving it himself.   I love this picture my dad took.. check out that back hair.. we have been calling him our little Wolverine.

Gigi decided to do a pumpkin witch and this girl had pumpkin guts in her hair and flour all over her face. 

My dad was being himself and grossing the kids out.  Owen thought it was hilarious.. check out that smile!! 

Kam carved the Grim Reaper pumpkin and did a great job as always. I Love this girl!  We soaked in the cool fall weather, chatted, and listened to her music {she's got good taste}.  I am enjoying all our time at home with her because I know she'll be off spending more time with her friends, than family, soon enough. 

Owen's final project.  He loves all things creepy and scary... especially skeletons.  We couldn't find a single candle, glo stick or anything between our two houses.  Crazy!  So I found Gigi's light up rings and we tried to light up the pumpkins.. no such luck.  We'll see them all lit up on Halloween night. 

We tried the bleach/water soak on the pumpkins to kill the bacteria in hopes that they will not rot before Thursday.  I sure hope it works because Owen is thrilled to show his pumpkin off to all the trick-or-treaters.  This is going to be a fabulous Halloween!!!