We carved pumpkins last night for family night. I usually dread this night because of the mess and the dangers of trying to cut into hard thick pumpkins with knives and coming out with awkward looking pumpkins. Not this time. I read somewhere to try using a keyhole saw so I stopped at Home Depot and picked one up. It didn't look like much and I was skeptical as to whether it would make any difference. I was so wrong! A keyhole saw made carving pumpkins easy and enjoyable!!! You want a toothy smile--no problem! The girls loved the process although they mostly sat and watched--they were a bit repulsed at the thought of putting their hands into the pumpkins to pull out the "guts". Lucy, especially, does NOT like getting her hands dirty. The girls designed their own pumpkins--or I should say Esther picked hers and Lucy wanted the same but I talked her into some star eyes to switch things up. John decided to carve a declaration of his love. Such a romantic... We actually got that big pumpkin from my parents' garden! Isaac just ran laps around the kitchen while we all worked on the pumpkins--he can't stop moving for a second! At least it wore him out, until 1:40 am or so when he woke up for two hours!!! We're not sure what to do with that kid. Good thing he is so cute.
Lastly, a test-run picture of our jack-o-lanterns ready for Halloween!
3 comments:
THANK YOU, again, for the wonderful tip! Love the punks!...J+K earns Johnny some Kudos!
great tip to use a keyhole saw! we were going to forget about carving this year and just do googly eyes and glitter, but maybe we'll stomach the mess after all...
Lucy is a little Esther replica...and they're both so grown up!
Katie - you look so much like Julia in this picture and your hair is so long. So cute.
Post a Comment