Pumpkin carving!

Tonight for family home evening we carved our Halloween pumpkin. Jace was only half interested, but Katie loved scraping the inside of the pumpkin with her spoon and pulling out the insides. She also helped design how our jack-o-lantern face would look like. She watched every move Scott made and sat in the same place the entire time until it was finished (not usually something she'll do). It's fun to do holidays with her now that she's old enough to enjoy and understand most of the activities.

Jace, on the other hand, didn't love pulling out the insides, but he did love stabbing the pumpkin with the carving tool (don't worry, not a knife) and eating the insides of the pumpkin. He would put a bite of the stringy inside stuff into his mouth and chew slowly. When I asked him if he liked it he would nod yes, but he had a strange look on his face and kept getting the shivers. He ended spitting that out. But he did like scraping the underside of the lid with his teeth and eating that. I guess the texture felt a little more normal. I was surprised that he ate the pumpking because this is the kid that is kind of picky about things he'll eat, but he sure loved it. I let him go at it for a while, figuring it was okay since pumpkin is a food, but then made him stop before he ate too much and got sick.

Scott carving out the lid.

Pulling out the insides.

Pretty squishy!

Yum!!!

The finished product. The kids were pretty proud of it and especially liked it when it was lit up in the dark.