Never Too Late to Carve Pumpkins

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We were out of town for 10 days during the middle of October and when we got back, Brian's schedule was crazy, we had a few illnesses passed throughout the house, and somehow I never got around to buying pumpkins. Now, I don't really care about pumpkins and we all know I'm not Miss Krafty Mama, but Camden always pays attention to those houses that are decorated for each holiday and he really, really wanted pumpkins. About a week after Halloween, I saw pumpkins for .50 at Wal-Mart and so we picked up a few. Then it took several more days before we actually carved them, but the kids had a blast when we finally got around to it.

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He seriously hates getting his hands dirty. We had a big roll of paper towels ready at all times.
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Camden and Rory each drew the face themselves. Rory's is on the left; Camden's on the right.
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Note to self: Camden and Rory really like carving pumpkins and I need to make sure we do a more holiday activities like this.

Comments

Elizabeth Frick said…
Love that you got bargain-basement pumpkins! And who cares if you got to it late? The kids look like they're having a blast!
2:00 PM
Anonymous said…
You have the most beautiful children. Camden seems to get more handsome (if that's possible) as he gets older! Love your blog and thanks for sharing details of lenses etc. Sanna
3:36 AM
Christine @ 12,450miles said…
How cool is this?!?! Hmmm... I wonder if it would be weird to carve Thanksgiving pumpkins???
9:23 AM
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