The fourth annual Hoover-Bates pumpkin carving weekend was held the week before Halloween and was once again a huge success. We added a new element this year as we got to carve four pumpkins that we had grown ourselves over the summer. There was something extra satisfying about that, beyond the fact that I knew I had saved twenty bucks. We had a fun time watching them grow and pretty much take over our entire side yard. And Eli, after learning about carving pumpkins in preschool, couldn't wait to make them into "JackOWintas" for Halloween.
Myka was eager to do her own pumpkin this year, so even though she was leery of the squishy pumpkin guts, she dug them out herself.
Eli woke up from his nap shortly after the fun began and waited off to the side for awhile to take it all in.
This was the look on his face pretty much the whole time...
Myka kept on working, drawing her own design
and cutting it out herself (with a little help from Grandpa).
Eli finally decided the cutting part looked fun (after I removed the guts from his pumpkin, of course) and picked up a tool and went to town. After trying to get him to let me help him cut on the lines I had drawn, I finally relented to him wanting to "do it myself!" and turned the pumpkin around so he could stab it in the back of the head over and over. Poor Jack never saw him coming. When he was satisfied with his butchering I turned the pumpkin around and finished the face. I'm pretty sure he thinks he did it...
The annual group photo. The pumpkins get better looking every year. The rest of us? Well, you can decide that for yourself.
Below, Eli's is on the left. Kurt experimented with some huge seeds he found at T-Ball practice to make the brains for the guy on the right.
Below, Myka's is the one with ears. Uncle Isaac wins the most difficult carving award with the skull on the right.
Bring on the trick or treaters!
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