We've had an extremely busy fall this year, and I've had to let some things go to maintain my sanity. Things like pumpkin carving (which I love). I always get ambitious and want to do these amazing patterns and special things, but that went to the bottom of the list this year. So, only a few nights before Halloween, Jon was instructed to "carve those things" with Eli. :) He looked at me, said, "Are you sure? And you really don't care what is on them?" (he knows me so well) It was a sign of my busyness that nope, this year I really didn't care what was on them. As long as Eli liked them I was fine.
So Eli and Daddy sat down and made up some drawings of prospective faces for our pumpkins and then chose the final designs. Eli chose a "scary mad" face, and for balance Jon chose a happy pumpkin. They turned out pretty close to the drawings, and Eli was happy. So pumpkin carving was a success! Eli wanted nothing to do with the actual process of getting the pumpkin ready, but loved watching the pumpkins after they were lit. We even had to have breakfast, lunch, and dinner the next day with the pumpkins still on the table and lit for us. We roasted the pumpkin seeds for the first time ever this year, and have been snacking on them ever since. Yummy! Maybe next year I'll be back to my more active role in pumpkin carving, but maybe not. The boys seemed to do pretty well on their own (and that was a lot less stress for me!). :)
Here are the drawings Eli did, and his choice for his pumpkin.
Pretty close, Daddy!
Eli's pleased with the job Daddy did!
Eli showing me the face he wanted for his pumpkin. They match! 
Here's Daddy's pumpkin, and Eli's matching face. :)
All lit up!
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