Although, to be honest, she looks a little nervous in this photo. Perhaps she's worried about Daddy's knife.
Daddy and Kathleen set right to work, cleaning out the pumpkins.
Madeline was delighted by the stringy, gooey insides!
In fact, determined not to be left out of the fun, Madeline asked to get out of her highchair. She then climbed her way up onto Kathleen's chair and joined right in.
Also, do you see Madeline's necklace? It arrived in the mail a few days ago from Grandma. The child loves it. She puts it on every chance she gets. No doubt about it -- we've got some girly-girls! (Thanks, Grandma!) Shortly after that, Madeline was shuttled off to bed. Pumpkin carving or no, little girls who get up as early as Madeline does have to go to bed early!
Once we'd cleaned out the pumpkins and separated their seeds for toasting, Kathleen started giving directions for the pumpkins' faces. Surprisingly, she asked for an angry pumpkin. Mama started working on an angry face, which Kathleen critiqued every step of the way. Fortunately, we were using a dry-erase marker on the pumpkin, so any artistic failings could be wiped away before we'd committed to them! While Kathleen was absorbed in the details of the angry pumpkin's countenance, Daddy went ahead and carved a happy pumpkin. (He wasn't ready for quite so much direction, I don't think!)
We were all quite happy with the finished products. We went ahead and used glow sticks to light the pumpkins, which thoroughly delighted Kathleen. She raced around the living room in her excitement (exactly what you want from a toddler 15 minutes before bedtime). We managed to catch her next to the pumpkins briefly...
I can only imagine the energy and excitement we'll encounter tomorrow, when we combine glow sticks, pumpkins, new costumes, candy, and all the neighborhood children. Good grief!
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Looks like you had so much fun!
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