Pumpkin carving

We have a love hate relationship with pumpkin carving. We love the idea of picking out our pumpkins, we love picking out our pumpkin design, and we even love the idea of carving our pumpkins. Each year we try to involve the kids. This was Andy's first year of actually being allowed to be awake while we carved... his contribution in the past was sleeping. Well, while he didn't help per say, he did take great joy stabbing the tops of the pumpkins with the little saw. Jake did his very best to clean out his pumpkin, but really when all was said and done he ended up watching Andy while Steve and I cleaned and carved. And four pumpkins later, we loathe pumpkin carving and we're glad that it's over. Steve's got a sore forearm from cleaning the insides and I've got friction burn between my thumb and finger from the saw. Alas, it's done and we have the evidence to prove it.

Another year, another set of pumpkins.