After trying to plan a day late enough in the season to carve pumpkins and getting put off because of sickies, we were able to carve pumpkins today!! No pumpkin patch this year..again, the early October pukies put a halt to that and then it was open weird hours when Jason was working or Mabelle was in school..either way...grocery store pumpkins will do :)
After showing Mabelle a few designs on the computer, she quickly made her mind up for BOTH pumpkins, little brothers (who don't talk alot) don't get an opinion...she had settled on Jack and Oogey Boogey from Nightmare before Christmas..I tried to reason with her that we needed to do a smiley face jack-0-lantern, and she adamently chanted...Jack and Oogey, Jack and Oogey, Jack and Oogey. Needless to say, that was a battle the 4 year old won ;)
Bought the patterns, while Jason and Mabelle got the pumpkins ready.
De-gooing them :) She thought that was soooo deeeesgusting. Can you tell from her face??
Showing me the goo on her hands. (and notice her large owie from falling on the concrete, it matched her birthmark perfectly)
Scraping it, working hard..you can tell by the tongue hanging out.
Jason and Mabelle cheesing...while Cash was screaming, seriously that is not a cheese, it is a shriek.
Pained face. He was super grumpy from no sleep last night...really, no sleep. He was put on the couch to enjoy Max&Ruby while we carved. (and how fitting is his shirt with Mabelle's selections!!)
You gotta get reeeeeeeeeeeeeal close to poke holes.
The results!! Oogey Boogey (the boogeyman) and Jack Skeleton! They turned out great, I carved Oogey and Jason carved Jack. Mabelle assisted on both!
Cash trying to take credit and looking alot like Jack Skeleton..that face!
The kids and their pumpkins :)