Carving Pumpkins

Carving Halloween pumpkins is not usually the most joyous of times in the Shaw house. No one but me is willing to "gut" the pumpkins and touch the seeds and stringy mess. Ayden and Ellie like the idea of carving pumpkins, but don't actually like carving pumpkins. This year, we were mean parents and laid down the law, and told them that if they wanted carved pumpkins, they had to do it themselves.Oh, the torture. Ellie opted out of this family event. 

love the grumpy face

 Ayden really didn't like touching the guts. Can ya tell? But he did it, with minimal amount of whining. I think he was proud of himself that he actually did it. Once the pumpkins were ready, they decided on their design. Ayden wanted to use different shapes for the face and Spencer went with a "starry night" theme, as he called it. 

love Ayden's face in this one

busy at work

The boys had a lot of fun getting their pumpkins ready and I had fun because I didn't have to be the one doing it all this year! Maybe next year Ellie will want to join.

finished products