Pumpkin Heads

 As expected we carved our pumpkins this week!  Caden wanted a scary face, Cole picked the bat picture that came with our new carving knife, and Cora's got to be a girly pumpkin with beautiful lashes!

 This was the smoothest pumpkin carving adventure we've had!  The kids were all really into it, and played a role in the cleaning, face picking (for the most part) and then the carving.. such fun!

Cora guards her carving spoon!

 This is the first year Caden has willingly touched to guts to the pumpkin... it made things much easier!  We also made pumpkin seeds at his request... although I think he has only eaten about 3 of them.

 Even Cora wanted to get in on the action.. obviously, she wants to do whatever her brothers are doing!

Whoever thought up this carving thing anyway?  the insides really are slimy!

 Caden's pumpkin had started to rot at the bottom.. so we cut that portion out to create a pumpkin tunnel.

Last year we got this battery operated carving knife on a clearance rack after the holiday.. let me tell you it is fabulous!  Cut down on the cut time by more than half!

I carved two with the new gadget while Rob kicked it old school.. old school being the other pumpkin carving tools that we didn't have back in our day!  Not the traditional knife that we used :)

Caden was very intense about picking out the perfect components to create his pumpkin!  His eyes are actually modeled after the eyes on the pumpkin guy on Pumpkin Head beer... hence the title.

Not my idea!  Rob decided to let Caden try carving with the knife ( I cringe!)

But Caden thought he was the coolest cat in the house for getting to do this.

And here they are!  Our masterpieces!.. and again below with their "scary faces"

And after the kids went to bed, work continued to make these little goodies for Cole's preschool party!  They give me the heebie jeebies just looking at them!  But they sure did taste delicious!