Pirate Pumpkin

I found this "pumpkin head" kit at Target and knew Devin would love it.
He does.

Photos by Kim

Last Thursday Devin and I met our friends Kim, Emma, and Lexie at Brookdale Farm. Kim took some great pictures of the kids (as usual). Here are a few.

Devin's GQ pose...
Silly boy...This one cracks me up!

Pumpkin Carving

Pumpkin carving is not exactly the most entertaining thing for a 3.5 year old. There really isn't a whole lot for the child to do to help in the process. Sure, he can help plan the jack-o-lantern face, take out the pulp and seeds, and, well, watch the Carver. That's about it.

Don't get me wrong, when we did our first family pumpkin carving tonight, we all enjoyed the process, it just wasn't very entertaining!! Devin ate his dinner while Erick was doing the hardest part of the cutting, which was probably best (less he bug Daddy) and he just watched while he ate his American Chop Suey and garlic toast. I was multi-tasking: cooking dinner and cleaning the seeds/cooking the pumpkin seeds.

Here is the pumpkin carving process in pictures:I must say that Devin was very excited with the final result and can not wait until Halloween night, when we promised him we would put a candle in the jack-o-lantern. Honestly, I am kind of excited for that too!!

Picking Pumpkins

We had promised Devin that we would go pick out some pumpkins, so today we went to the local farm. We picked out 2 medium sized pumpkins for our steps and several gourds. We got a gourd for Grandma, a couple for the house, and one for my table at work. It was fun!


Me and Devin~ not sure why he looks scared here. I promise he has no reason to be. LOL

Daddy and Devin

Devin found this gigantic cookie inside the farm stand. Guess what we had for dessert tonight?

Stopping to smell the flowers on the way out.