Because of our trip to Hawaii, we just now got to the task of carving our pumpkins last night. I must say, it was fun to see Sophia so focused on cleaning out every single seed from her pumpkin! She has also become quite the little helper and when I began carving out mine, she said, "Mom, let me help you." So she held onto my hand that held the carving knife and we carved some of my pumpkin together. With her 3 year birthday coming up the beginning of February, there's nothing this little girl can't do! She even wanted to attempt the carving on her pumpkin, but we were a little afraid she might hurt herself, even with the safe carving tools. So I drew a quick, goofy design, and Jeff helped her cut it out. She wanted a Dora pumpkin (no surprise;), to which I was more than willing to attempt, but her pumpkin was too small, so I did a little goofy face instead. She was more than happy with it and still says it's her Dora pumpkin, lol. Peyton had already been down to bed for over a hour when we started carving pumpkins, but I guess she wanted to join in the fun, because she woke up and did not seem like she wanted to go back to bed. So I brought her down, put her in her high chair and from there she sat observing with a big grin on her face! I can't wait for next year, when we can take both our girls to go pick out a pumpkin! By next year Peyton will be walking and able to help clean out her pumpkin, just like Sophia! After all the carving was done, we did a quick clean up, put tea light candles inside of them, and put them on the porch to see the final result. If you can't tell, mine is a tribute to my jewelry business, Glass Cocoon, which is why it has a "GC" and a tree with a butterfly. Jeff's pumpkin's looks scared, with the hands on either side of the open mouth. And Sophia's is the cute little one with the buck-teeth (kind of a rabbit-looking pumpkin). It was supposed to be a pumpkin sticking out it's tongue, but when Jeff ended up carving it, it kind of morphed into it's own face and became two teeth instead of a tongue, lol. It's cute either way! Playing in the background while we carved out pumpkins was "Charlie Brown and The Great Pumpkin." This used to be Jeff's favorite when he was little, so last year and this year we watched it as we carved. It was really neat to see Sophia so involved this year and wanted to be so hands on! She becomes more and more self sufficient every year! It's cute to see her mind working and see her contemplating her next step. She loved feeling the pumpkin gunk squish between her fingers, lol. But I have to say all in all, she stayed pretty clean! What a fun evening with our little family! These moments of creating and spending time together is what life is all about!!!
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