Time To Carve Some Pumpkins!

Here is the before shot of the kids with the 9 remaining pumpkins from our garden:
It was a little chilly last Sunday, but we were able to do this at the "arts & crafts" table in the garage. Here Dan is showing the kids how to draw the face on the pumpkin before carving.

Dan did all the carving (oh, yeah!):

Catherine carried the first one back to the porch:

You know the slimy part, where you have to get out the seeds and stringy stuff? Dominic thought it was pretty icky, but he did a little bit. As you can see from Catherine's face, she wanted no part of it.

Anne, however, dug right in, and she scooped out a lot of the junk.

Lest you think I did nothing but take pictures, here's proof. Catherine ended up helping as well.

The twins are showing off three of the finished jack-o-lanterns. Dan carved 4 and that was about the max for everyone.

Here they are, all lit up and ready to scare someone or something (maybe some skunks, or the neighbor's cat).