Avrie was pretty excited as we cut them open, she wasn't really all that into digging out the guts. In fact she refused, she didn't like the feel (they were pretty cold) and honestly she hates getting her hands dirty!
We stripped her down to just her undies, so that part she enjoyed, but walking around with a pumpkin seed stuck to her foot about drove her nuts!! Aaron got to work with the power tools (he isn't really sure how everyone else does it without!) I went with a few ideas I found online and I let Avrie draw a little on her pumpkin with a marker.
After we were all done carving it was too late for pictures so we saved the pumpkin lighting for the next night. It was SUPER cold out so we did them rally quick and asked Avrie to pick out her favorite one.
I can still remember some of the pictures from when Jamie and I would sit next to our pumpkins in the kitchen at our house in Newport.
Here's a little throwback of me with my pumpkin (below) at about 18 months old and Jamie & I (above) I look to be about third grade...
And just for fun- I wanted to sneak in another fun pumpkin project from when Avrie & I were to Jayme & Brooklyn's house in early Oct. We had headed north with Hammer & Logan for an afternoon play date. Jayme had pumpkins for each of the kids and let them each paint their own.
Avrie really got into and ended up with a beautifully painted pumpkin. She still talks about and admires her artwork on that little pumpkin!