Carving Pumpkins

For Family Home Evening last night we decided to carve pumpkins.  Brady could not have been more excited and he went with Quentin to pick out the pumpkins while I cooked dinner and fed Hadley.  He got a big one for himself and a little one for Hadley. He was a little less excited about touching the pumpkin guts.

 Hadley had no problem diving right in though :) She was pretty well covered in pumpkin, and after I got sick of pulling chunks out of her mouth over and over, I decided it was time to clean her up and put her to bed. I'm sure she would have been oh so helpful for the actual carving part.

 Brady was also very excited to put the candles in the pumpkins and "start the fire." He also thought it was awesome that he got to blow the candles out. Hadley's pumpkin is on the left (my masterpiece), and Brady's is on the right (Quentin's fine handiwork). Can you tell how much fun he was having?

 Here are the close ups of our work.  Not sure why, but we couldn't get a very good picture of the Dracula.  It was actually quite impressive though.