The Great Pumpkin

Once again, Grandma Allen was teaching a scrapbook class and needed some festive pumpkin-carving photos to put on her page.  I, for one, am really glad she does this- it gets us on the ball!  And of course, we had to have our two kiddos in their matching Halloween outfits for the grand event (thanks Grandma and Grandpa Allen!!!)   After we shared our pictures with Grandma Allen and then went on to tell her what happened, she told us the two didn't really match up. So, I have decided to fill in the behind-the-scenes information so we can remember what really happened down the road!  So, here lies the tale of our pumpkin-carving experience this year! 

Tori had a great time helping Daddy get started on our pumpkin - and she really liked that our bowl could be a hat as well!

Once the top was off, we tried to get Tori to help scoop out some of the goop - she only stuck the spoon in one time (glad we caught it)! 

Instead of helping, she was a great big sister and made sure Garrett had his binkie whenever he started to cry...

And she ran around the kitchen with her stroller for a bit - way more fun than scooping out a pumpkin!

Tori was super-excited to draw a face on our pumpkin - I think this was her favorite part!

She loved it so much, that she kept coloring on everything else (the newspaper and our kitchen floor) while Daddy carved our pumpkin. 

Here is our little dude supervising the operation!!!

Garrett with his very first pumpkin!

We're not sure why, but Tori wanted absolutely nothing to do with the pumpkin.  She called it a ball at one point, which might explain why she kept trying to kick it!

But we wanted some happy Tori pictures for Grandma, so we started to get creative!  Tori loves it when Daddy swings her around (hence the huge smile)!

And then we had Daddy put her down next to the pumpkin, while I tried to capture that smile before she realized where she was!  A little crazy - but we got some really cute pictures :)

Happy pumpkin-carving to everyone -we can't wait to see how next year goes!!!