Here's our little pumpkin family:
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This is Steve's self-titled "Bells Palsy Pumpkin". He said this is for all of you who are asking to see a picture of him with Bells Palsy. You get the idea.....
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Here's mine. Nothing spectacular.
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This is Owen's. Yes, it has TWO faces. I suggested to Owen that we turn it on it's side and use the stem as a nose and carve the face that way. He thought it was a great idea. After we gutted it, he drew me a picture of how he wanted me to carve the eyes, nose and mouth. I told him - "it already has a nose, remember? The stem."
I thought he'd get it when we carved it. He helped me carve the eyes ("scary eyes please!") and the mouth ("A SCARY mouth!!") but then when I popped the top back on and turned it toward him to admire, he jutted out his bottom lip and dropped his head with a sigh.
"What?" What is it?
*sigh*
"MAMA. THIS (grabbing the stem) is the HANDLE. Not the nose"
"I'm sorry" I implored. I thought you wanted it that way"
He crosses his arms and sits down with a humph.
"I so angry"
So we whipped that bugger around and carved another face.
Voila! Owen is a happy camper.
I thought he'd get it when we carved it. He helped me carve the eyes ("scary eyes please!") and the mouth ("A SCARY mouth!!") but then when I popped the top back on and turned it toward him to admire, he jutted out his bottom lip and dropped his head with a sigh.
"What?" What is it?
*sigh*
"MAMA. THIS (grabbing the stem) is the HANDLE. Not the nose"
"I'm sorry" I implored. I thought you wanted it that way"
He crosses his arms and sits down with a humph.
"I so angry"
So we whipped that bugger around and carved another face.
Voila! Owen is a happy camper.
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AJ's pumpkin was the easiest to carve because it was the smallest(thinnest skin), so he got to do a lot of the carving.
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And then we stoked up a blazing fire in the fireplace turned on the stove and roasted some "smarshmellows" to make S'Mores.
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We let the boys stay up past their bedtime and we all snuggled in on the couch with a bunch of blankets and watched It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown!
I think we've got a new tradition in the works....
1 comment:
That Smore looks amazing.
And hey- Thanks to Jamie, I have a smores maker... so let me know if you get tired of using the stove. :)
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