Pumpkin Carving

Paige and I spent some time this afternoon gearing up for Halloween by carving a pumpkin. We decided to go with a cat this year...actually it is called 'cosmic kitty' in the pattern book. He has a bit of an evil look to him, but Paigey still liked him.

Amazingly, Paige enjoyed the pumpkin carving this year. She was not completely terrified of the 'guts' like she was last year. As we began to clean out our pumpkin last Halloween, she ran away when she saw me scoop some of the 'guts' out and then watched from afar. Today was different; she actually stood close by, examined the 'guts', scooped some out herself, (using a scooper, though, not her hands) and even helped me carve a little bit! It was a lot of fun!

Paigey with her pumpkin!Checking out the 'guts' Helping with the 'clean-out'

Paige took this picture of me...she did a pretty good job!

Happy with the finished product!

All lit up!