Pumpkin Carving

Conall's class carved a pumpkin today, which he named Thomas. He's been wanting to carve our pumpkins since he brought them home, but we have told him that we had to wait until closer to Halloween. So, when Stu came home tonight, we sat down and carved two of our big pumpkins. One of them was starting to get holes in it where rot was beginning, so we knew we had to carve it really soon or toss it.


This is the first year that Conall has actually wanted to help scoop out the seeds and goop. He also helped his daddy saw through the pumpkin (with a really small saw from the carving kit) and pull out the cut pieces. Caitlin really wanted to help, so I put her to work sorting out pumpkin seeds with me. The camera battery died just as we got the first pumpkin open, so I don't have any photos from beyond that. But, that's ok, because Aunt Amy is planning on coming over tomorrow after work to help carve the other large pumpkin and maybe one or two of her own.

Conall making a funny face while talking about pumpkin guts

Caitlin looks a bit in awe, doesn't she?

Conall digging out the pumpkin insides

Caitlin trying to figure out what they are doing and help

Caitlin beginning to sort pumpkin seeds, she tried to eat this one