Perhaps Vanessa had reason to be concerned for Pumpkin since Daddy was going at him with a knife like that. A couple times, for just a short moment, Vanessa became quite concerned as Daddy began to carve. She exclaimed at one point, "Oh no, Pumpkin?! Hurt Pumpkin!" It was one of those moments where it was cute she was so concerned but we didn't want to mock her sincerity, so we turned away until we could handle explaining in an appropriate manner that Pumpkin couldn't feel a thing. And I went on to reassure her that she is right in that knives do cut and can hurt us.
Vanessa didn't really like reaching in to pull the guts out. However, she did enjoy scooping the stuff out with a spoon.
She ended up really happy with Jack-O'-Lantern. (She tried blowing out his "happy cake" candle.) She even kissed him.
