One of the best parts of growing your own garden is the pumpkins! The kids watch a little seed go from a little green plant sticking out of the dirt, to a large yellow blossom, then into a small green ball that grows bigger by the day, and eventually turning orange into a recognizable pumpkin. They stake claim on which pumpkin will be theirs to carve early in the summer trying to figure out which one will grow to be the biggest. We thought we planted giant pumpkins this year... they didn't end up being giant, but we did get plenty for our family and even grew a few extra for the neighbors (the vine grew under the fence and gave them a few pumpkins).
Logan was right in the middle of the festivities. He has LOVED Halloween this year, once he decided it wasn't scary. When they first put the decorations out in the store Logan started getting nervous just walking in the store afraid we would walk by the scary Halloween stuff. I decorated the house and he hid under the kitchen table and told me, "Halloween Scary." So I put treats out and told him, "Halloween Nice, you get treats." He liked the treat idea and decided some parts of Halloween are nice. He will let you know what parts are nice and what parts are scary. I love his drama (most of the time), we will be reading a Halloween book and he will hug me every time he thinks there is something scary.
He insisted on carving his own pumpkin by HIMSELF. In his words, "No, Logan do."
Ashlyn looks ready to operate on the pumpkin! She hates the smell of the "guts" but wasn't about to wimp out and let mom and dad carve her pumpkin so she came up with her own solution. A medical mask... why not?
Tanner wasn't going to let a little smell get to him... he dug right in and cleaned out his own pumpkin.
I can't believe I didn't take pictures of the finished products. They carved their own faces and put candles in them. They looked awesome!
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