Pumpkins

Halloween is just around the corner and of course we all know that means the annual carving of pumpkins. We decided we would do it as a family home evening activity. Allison was especially excited because I found some templates of all her favorite tv characters. We had the pumpkins, the carving tools, and a lot of newspaper spread out on the table. We started out with high hopes of lots of family fun.





Unfortunately, it quickly turned into a chore as one by one we all became a little bored with the task at hand. Allison helped for as long as her short attention span would allow. TJ got a little upset after she left because we were doing this mainly for her. As you can see, McKenna was not happy from the get-go.




So what did we do with this catastrophe of a family activity? WE didn't do anything. Instead, I stuck with it and finished all 5 pumpkins by myself. I'll give credit to Allison for helping me scoop out some of the "goopies" on each one, but the rest of the work was done by me and only me.

I'm not a very good artist, but I think they turned out pretty good. Allison of course wanted her picture taken with the finished product.



Bonus points if you can name all the characters. (I won't be offended if you guess wrong because of my not so awesome art skills.) Oh and remember, Allison picked them out and she is 4. ;-)