It is out of my nature to allow 8 pumpkins on my dining room table to be opened and carved - all inside, yuck and everything! So when we did exactly that tonight with Zach, Hayan, Tyler, Karie and the kids I was pretty proud of myself. I didn't have a melt down. I didn't even have to run for cover. I sat at the table with everyone as we all opened and scraped out our pumkins. We had a huge pile of seeds and goo in the middle of the plastic lined table. Then the real fun began! Check out all the budding artists! Who would have knew? Hayan said this was her first time to carve a pumpkin. I guess the people of South Korea haven't discovered this lovely messy delight. I don't remember carving many pumpkins as a kid and I sure don't remember having done them inside. I'm pretty sure they would have been done outside. We've had these cool patterns for the pumpkins since the kids were young. We've used them numerous times and each year they try a new pattern or different idea all together. I thought they all turned out really cool this year. In the row of pumpkins, it is Sydnee's on the far left, then Wayne's skeleton, Zach and Hayan's face and then Savannah and Tyler's smily pumpkin. You can't see Karie's very well. Her's is polka dots cut out of the pumpkin but there needed to be just a little more room around them if you wanted to light a candle in it. Karie painted the dots and it looked really cute. I was a little slow running around getting things for everyone so mine was incomplete. I will have to post a picture of mine later when I have it finished. In addition to pumpkin carving we started the night at Maddox to celebrate Tyler's birthday. Crazy, how quickly time flys. Afterwards, we all came here for pumpkins and we made the yummy caramel apples dipped in white chocolate and sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. So yummy. We missed Jocelyn and Brandon and Emma, they are in California with Brandon's brother and sister-in-law and family but we know we have to share. We will have to do the apple part of this evening agan. To make the evening even better, Little miss Savannnah and Syd wanted to spend the night with me and have a sleep over. It all went well until Syd had the start of an asthma episode so I had to take her home. Savannah wanted to stay and she is asleep as I write in her little pop up tent on the bedroom floor. I think I shall call it a night as well.
