Halloween Family Home Evening

Ahhh...pumpkin carving. This is one of those traditions that I have a love-hate relationship with. I love the finished product, but it's such a mess to carve the blasted things. The kids sure love it, so we'll continue on. :) We let the boys pick out their own pumpkins, which seems to be the hardest one to get to on the pile. Then, we give them a marker and they draw what they want the face to look like. Taylor drew a very cute face this year and was actually large enough to cut out. Derek drew a very detailed picture of a vampire face, which was about 2 inches tall. So we tried to follow his description. Dave ended up carving a pirate/vampire pumpkin for him and Derek was just as pleased.


Derek's pirate/vampire pumpkin. I realized later that Derek was in the bathroom while I was taking pictures. I forgot to get one of him. But here's his pumpkin anyway. Dave made a fabulous Batman pumpkin.

Can you see the resemblance? I tried to make a "McKenna pumpkin". (This is her new thing. Hilarious! Along with the face she breaths rapidly through her nose, like she is snorting. We've given her so much attention for it that it's becoming how she smiles. I think we need to back off a little. :) She's so funny!)

Taylor drew this face and I tried to cut it out the best I could. He even drew eyebrows and the oval above the nose is the "forehead". And here they are lit up.

We finished our night with glazed donuts and apple juice. Now that's a tradition I can live with!