I told the kids to make their scariest face ever . .
. . and this is what I got. I LOVE this picture!
Here are the pumpkins all lighted up:
Oct 29, 2009
Jack O' Lanterns
We carved our pumpkins into Jack O' Lanterns for Family Night on Monday. Jace wanted a silly face and Brooke wanted a "scaawy one". They helped me scrape all the goo out of the pumpkins and thought it was hilarious. Although after a while they started throwing it at each other which was totally NOT hilarious. We had a huge mess and Brooke ended up slipping on it and falling off the table. She was okay and luckily we had no trips to the emergency room that night. They squealed with excitement as I carved the pumpkins and were equally as excited when we put the lighted candles inside. According to Brooke it was "oooooh spoooky scaawey". After they went to bed I cleaned everything up and searched through pumpkin goo to get the seeds to bake. Jace really wanted to taste a pumpkin seed. Craig stayed up with me and we just chatted - it was really nice to have an adult conversation. I soaked the seeds in salt water, spread them on a pan, sprinkled seasoned salt on them, and baked them up. They actually tasted decent. I put them in a Tupperware for Jace. The next morning,while I was checking my e-mail, Brooke found the pumpkin seeds and filled the Tupperware with water from the refrigerator. When I came downstairs there were slimy pumpkin seeds everywhere. So much for all that work. Oh well, I still had a blast carving pumpkins with my kiddos and I have to say that they turned out great!
I told the kids to make their scariest face ever . .
I told the kids to make their scariest face ever . .
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7 comments:
Way cute pumpkins! Glad you guys had fun!
What a bummer - pumpkin seeds are the best thing about carving pumpkins - but at least they had fun and that's what counts in the end :)
fun pumpkins and costumes for the kids!
Heather hey there, thank you SO SO much for replying. It would be 2 days a week one week than 3 days a week the next. I teach school and work only B days so every other week it rotates. One week I work MWF the next is T and Th. DOes that make sense. I would need it until the end of May, when school is out. This is all so last min. If she is interested great, let me know, if not it is totally fine. Thanks again though for trying!
Hey Thank you so much for helping out with this. I relly appreciate it all I will give her a call tomorrow to see if it will work out! Thanks heather!
Heather hey there, I called Jan and we talked, she sounds like a great person to have watch my girls. What is your phone number, if you don't mind I would like to call ya!
Thanks for the comment on my blog. It was good to hear from you. Your kids are sure cute. I loved the pumpkins. We definitely need to get more skilled at carving pumpkins.
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