Drew was obviously too young last year to help with the pumpkin carving, but this year it was game on. I knew it would get messy and I wasn't sure how it would turn out, but I couldn't resist at least trying.
The project started out good with a little helper right by our side. After a bit of coaxing, he even stuck his hand and would pull out some of the gunk.
But then somehow, he lost interest and this was more fun:
So we had to take over carving duties with some "supervision" from time to time....
But the pumpkin turned out great, and now Drew says 'elmo' every time he sees it!
We're no experts, or those families yet that can carve 4 pumpkins in one night, but I think our first family pumpkin turned out well. Thank god it's 2012 and there are templates out there to make life easier!
(Had to post this picture of my cheese ball and I!)



I love the pictures and the pumpkin looks great! :)
ReplyDeleteThe pumpkin looks awesome!!! I love the last picture...so cute!
ReplyDeleteElmo looks great, and it looks like your "supervisor" did a good job keeping everything in line. :)
ReplyDeleteso freakin fun, man we still need to carve our pumpkin! love elmo!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute! I so wanted to carve pumpkins this year just to see if Henry would have any interest at all in it, but we're just about out of time for it now.
ReplyDeleteGood job. I think Taylor would very much love an Elmo pumpkin too.
ReplyDeleteYour pumpkin carving experience went way better than ours! We still have yet to finish ours. That Elmo pumpkin is adorable!
ReplyDeleteSo fun! I love carving pumpkins. :-)
ReplyDeleteHi Sarah! Thanks for your sweet comment on my blog. Wow, it looks like you guys have done lots of traveling, how fun, I love traveling too. Looking forward to checking out your blog!
ReplyDeleteWow - I'm so impressed! What a great family project!
ReplyDeleteAwesome pumpkin! Reminds me of the days when we used to make a special trip to pick out patterns. Each of the kids wanted something unique, of course.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to do this with my young one! You have a great blog going on here. Love the pictures.
ReplyDeleteSuch a cute pumpkin! Followed you back! Thank you so much for your sweet comment. You pup and little man are so cute!!
ReplyDeleteWe took the easy route and put the stick in things in ours, lol! We did have elmo too though:).
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