Gut Busting Pumpkins

We crammed in gutting and carving pumpkins. This is their dad's favorite activity with the kid. [sarcastic tone in intended] Anyway, the kids love the moment and success of cleaning out the pumpkins. For hypersensitive kids, this is wild and animated. Hendrix was trying to help. He decided after cleaning out some guts, it all belongs in the pumpkin, so he was trying to scoop it all back in.

And Hendrix's idea of carving involved his teeth. Okay!

These 3 didn't think the antique motor knife would cut it, so Dad pulled out the power tools.

Hendrix tried a pencil too.

Vanessa and Zane had fun with knives.

Both had wonderful designs. Vanessa grew tired of carving and only carved her kitty wiskers. Zane, with help with his dad, finished his carving and put fake blood in its eye and mouth. I forgot to take a pic. Seriously, this year was us trying to bust out the event to say we did it. :-)