Pumpkin Carving

As we all know, carved pumpkins or jack-o-lanterns are considered a friendly greeting to children who are trick or treating on Halloween. After discussing pumpkins for weeks, Andy and I finally went out to get one last night after dinner. Confession: I haven't been to pick out a real pumpkin in years, seriously I can't remember the last time. There were so many choices and they all came in different shapes and sizes. We ended up buying two pumpkins: a cute petite shiny one for our front door and a larger one to carve for our patio.

Since I haven't picked out a pumpkin in years, it should be obvious that I haven't carved one in at least ten years. I didn't even remember how yucky and slimy the insides of the pumpkins are until we started preparing it for our artistry. Seriously, I pulled out orange nastiness for at least an hour until I believed we had completely gutted our pumpkin.

After googling "how to carve a pumpkin" we felt pretty confident we finished our project successfully. I asked Andy to draw the face and I helped carve an eye and the nose. He worked very diligently on the mouth, paying special attention while carving some teeth. We saw pictures of other carved pumpkins online and were very impressed with what these pumpkin artists could come up with. We decided we would try to be more ambitious with our design next year. So for this year, its just your basic and ordinary jack-o-lantern.

But we're proud of our first pumpkin carving experience as a couple, so here are some of our pics:

The beginning stages....

Chip was very skeptical of our pumpkin carving. He decided it was safer to lay in his bed.

The finished project....

I had to include the beautiful trees in our neighborhood. I have NEVER seen a tree that orange in my life. It's absolutely gorgeous.