We carved our pumpkins tonight.

I don’t know why, but Halloween seems to sneak up on me every year. I have all these cute Halloween decorations, and I never remember to get them all out until a few days before Halloween. Then it just doesn’t seem worth getting them out

The same thing happens with pumpkin carving. I never want to do them too soon, but we usually end up waiting too long and doing them at the last minute.

I planned to do them tonight, but the day was kind of crazy and I just felt overwhelmed about adding another thing to our to do list. Plus, Scott wasn’t feeling well, and I didn’t think I was up for carving 4 pumpkins with 3 kids by myself.

But it ended up being fun. Scott was feeling a little bit better, and he came and helped. The whole family really got into it. Emma was really great at carving this year, and she was a huge help. This was the first year that she was really able to do it by herself.

Check out this jack-o-lantern that she made almost all on her own. I cut the top off for her and then she went to work. She cleaned the whole thing out, and separated the seeds to toast later. Scott helped her draw a face on it, and then she cut it out all by herself. It turned out great and she was really proud of herself.

Nora enjoyed “helping” too. She liked stabbing the pumpkins and then she got a hold of the pen and drew all over it.

Even though I felt stressed before we did it, it ended up being a lot of fun. Afterward, I spent some time playing around taking pictures of the pumpkins. I actually used my tripod for the first time. It was fun, and I think I got a few good shots.