Pumpkins 2010

I don't think either daddy or I were really in the "mood" to carve pumpkins tonight, but we had planned it for the kids and it was a nice evening, and we put forth our best smiles and energy.

Gracie chose a short round pumpkin and a Tinkerbell carving template. I had chosen a tall pumpkin to match a Barney template for Thomas.

Since I didn't have the printouts done *before* we carved, I had to go back the store and buy another one for Thomas, since Gracie's Tink wouldn't fit on her pumpkin.

Thomas wasn't interested in the pumpkin at all, so he went off to play, and I left Daddy and Gracie to get started on theirs.

I did decide that since we have a deck and a nice patio set, it would likely be smarter to carve outside. So, when the pumpkin goo goes everywhere I can just get the hose out. Pretty smart, huh?!

When I returned from buying a new tall pumpkin, Gracie and daddy had already scooped theirs out and were working on punching the pattern holes.

Gracie, who this year decided she loved to scoop out the ick, let daddy do the hard part on Tink, and scooped out Thomas' pumpkin.

Thomas got interested for a few moments, and I got some cute shots. Then, as usual, he was off to do something else.

Daddy and Gracie got Tinkerbell done in no time, but Barney was a little more involved.

Garren took Thomas to bed, and Gracie stayed outside with me as I finished the purple (well orange) dinosaur. Since we had an extra pumpkin, and Gracie had already scooped it out as well, I went ahead and started in on a pattern for Garren.

He is always saying that I don't let him pick a pattern and I concentrate on the kid(s), so when I found the Linus in the pumpkin patch pattern I knew it would be perfect for him. Daddy LOVES Charlie Brown. Now, I found Yoda, and some other Star Wars ideas, but I thought that the Charlie Brown one was classic and would appeal to the whole family.

Now, as has been our tradition in the past--Mr. Tom always got the hardest pattern. Let me tell you, if he had been here tonight (and boy would I have loved that!) he would have ended up with the Charlie Brown one--whew!

After an hour or more I got it done.

I had sent Gracie to get her shower while I was still working on pumpkin #3, but I had them all outside and arranged and lit up on the front porch by the time she was done.