Pumpkin Time!

So tonight we carved pumpkins with little E for the very first time. Oh my gosh! I'm so glad that we also had the video camera going. Little M watched the whole thing from her bouncer. We talked a lot about what kind of face his pumpkin should have, and in the end he decided it needed "triangle eyes and a rhombus nose". So while Mommy and Daddy took turns doing the carving, he decorated both his and his sister's pumpkins. When it was finished, we put a candle inside of it and got ready to appreciate our work. Instead, little E sang "Happy Birthday" and promptly blew the candle out! I guess we've been to a few birthday parties lately, and so when he saw the candle his first instinct was to blow it out. After repeated lightings, Daddy did some quick work to hide a flashlight inside, so he could at least see what it would look like in the dark. Finally we moved the pumpkin to the outside so that he could get peek through the patio door at his new friend. Each time we do something new with him, I am amazed at just how awesome a job parenting is, and how differently it makes you view things. As a kid, I balked at helping to clean out the pumpkin before carving. Tonight I couldn't have been happier to have my arm up to my elbow inside of the pumpkin, and even went through the innards later so that we would have pumpkin seeds to roast.

If all goes well, there will be costume photos to post soon. Keep your fingers crossed!