The past couple of years I haven't bothered carving a pumpkin because I figured Ethan was too young to appreciate it. Plus, let's face it, it's kind of a pain in the rear. It seems like it's going to be all fun and games until you're about halfway into scooping out the pumpkin innards and you realize it's never going to be completely cleaned out, and you'd rather just start carving already, but then your hand starts cramping and two hours later you're still not done. Or maybe that's just for the overly anal people like me?
Anyway, on Sunday night Ethan was getting bored and antsy, so I looked up at the clock to discover it was still a couple of hours until bedtime. Then the pumpkin we had picked up at HEB a week ago caught my eye, and despite all the pains I mentioned in the first paragraph, I decided to give it a go.
I cut out the top of the pumpkin and began to scrape when Cory came in to help us. He was actually enjoying the scooping out, so I let him at it and Ethan helped too. This is when I noticed that BOTH of them were super excited about this whole thing, so I had to ask Cory, "When's the last time you carved a pumpkin?" Silence.
Yep, it's true, NEITHER of my guys had ever before carved a pumpkin. Cory tried to think long and hard back to his childhood, but he really couldn't remember ever doing it. Boggles my mind. He actually said he really didn't even know how carving was done. So, I let him pick the design and started the carving part, but then I decided since Cory was a rookie and all, maybe he should get in on some of the pain, I mean fun.
The whole experience definitely renewed my love of carving pumpkins. They were both so excited to do it and to see what it looked like all finished and lit up. Definitely a winning night.
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| scooping with Daddy |
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| helping Mommy |
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| the finished product |
1 comments:
I HATE the scooping! I thought I'd hit a genius landmine by cutting off the bottom instead of the top, thinking that all the seeds were attached to the bottom...alas! I was wrong! There were seeds all over the inside of this stupid thing. The boys just said, "Eww! It's gooey!" and didn't want to touch it at all. Then when I cut the face into the pumpkin, they couldn't decide if it should be scary or not scary. Too many minds spoil a pumpkin carving, I tell ya. Your pumpkin turned out great, glad your boys got a chance to do something together for the first time (and save you from the pain).
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