Carving Pumpkins

The girls loved carving pumpkins this year. It became a two day event as emptying out Isla's pumpkin took us forever (we're naturally slow as it is!) but was highly successful when we were finished. I let each girl take a marker and draw the "face" they wanted to cut out. Isla just smiled for hers and I copied her darling face onto a pumpkin. Those five teeth get me every time. Lucy's was easily the hardest to cut out as she just drew crazy lines all over her pumpkin but somehow ended up with one tiny star that turned out to be the cutest detail. Sophia's looked like an artistic ghost and I loved the simplicity of it. She had a much more elaborate detail of what everything was (like a stack of cups?!) but ghost worked for me when it was all said and done. I love the way these girls make even the simplest holiday activities so exciting. If I'd let Isla, she would have left her hand inside the pumpkin to eat the guts all day long. Let the orange lights glow on!