For Halloween this year we decided to carve a big pumpkin and then paint little ones. For some reason I went insane and bought two big pumpkins (they were 20% off) but then decided I really didn’t want to carve two pumpkins. So we gave one to Jeff and Lori and opted to only carve one. Eli really wasn’t that interested in the affair much. The highlight for Eli was designing the pumpkin face with Daddy while Mommy opened up the pumpkin. Jon drew circles on paper and then Eli drew pumpkin faces in them to show us the surprised face he wanted the pumpkin to have. Eli was really good, which surprised us! He drew eyes and mouths and they were really interesting, so we actually did go with one of Eli’s own designs for the face of our pumpkin this year.
Once I had the “patient” opened up Eli peeked in to see what was inside the pumpkin, but quickly told me, “Ugh, it smells Mommy,” and wanted nothing more to do with it. I tried to get him to help scoop out the insides and get messy, but there was no way he was touching that “gicky stuff.” He even asked me, “why do you want to touch that, Mommy?”
Once the pumpkin was carved Eli wasn’t too excited about having the candle inside of it. He liked it without the candle and kept swiping the candle when it wasn’t lit and carrying it off. So our cute pumpkin has only been lit a few times, once we’ve managed to relocate the candle. Oh well! Mommy and Daddy had fun carving our pumpkin!
I want the pumpkin to have this face!
Picking out which of Eli's drawings is the winning face!
Mommy performing the "facelift"
Ta-da! Just like Eli's surprised face!
All lit up and still looking surprised. Whoever carved this one did an excellent job.
Pumpkin rider!
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Eli's drawings on the white sheet of paper in the photo were the first ones he did; Daddy (that's me) did the one in the top-right (to give Eli the idea), and then Eli did the other three faces all by himself. I was impressed with how good they were!
Wow. Eli did an excellent job of drawing the pumpkin faces! I thought drawing circles (eyes) was a 5-year-old skill! And, Matea is simply adorable sitting on the pumpkin! Love, Grandma Amanda
Great ideas and drawings Eli!
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