Pumpkins!

This year we somehow ended up waiting until the last week of October to get our pumpkins and we carved them on October 29th! Felt so last minute to me but sometimes that's just how it works out in a busy life full of carpools and homework and a freshly potty trained toddler.

 Pumpkin patch tractor picture!

 Cares choosing her pumpkin

 Livs looking cute pushing the little wheelbarrow around

 Luke is simply adorable with his tiny pumpkin

 Poor Joseph got pretty dirty lifting the bigger kids' huge pumpkins into the wheelbarrow

We carved just the very next night so they'd be done before Halloween. Caroline was at ballet and Joseph drove her, rode his bike near the studio while she danced, and then brought her home. We got started without them which was great for getting Luke done before too late at night but seriously pretty crazy as the lone adult too! How many times did I help Bean or Livs to turn around and find Luke holding a huge knife in the air?! Note to self: keep large knives far away from toddlers. You'd think I would have learned this 10 years into parenting ;) 

 Finished product for Luke. 

I can handle good old fashioned jack-o-lanterns pretty well so that's what he got!

 

 Joseph drew out Livs' pattern for her but then she wanted to carve it all out on her own. She did really well for a pretty detailed picture but accidentally cut a big section of her snowflake out. This resulted in a lot of tears but she recovered...

The bigs nailed it with theirs. They are getting so capable on their own which is way awesome!