Goo and Guts

...those two words totally describe how my kids feel about cleaning out the inside of pumpkins!  I love carving pumpkins, but the smell makes me turn up my nose a bit.  So...overlooking all of the negatives, the smiles, fun and the end product are fantastic!
This year we chose to carve our pumpkins at Grandma and Boppy's house.  The kids get so excited to cut the top of the pumpkin off and look inside at the "guts."  We scooped and scooped, cleaned and cleaned until the pumpkins were finally ready for carving.  Of course we put the seeds off to the sides for a super fun treat after carving.  This year, my mom and I baked the seeds in brown sugar, cinnamon and regular sugar.  YUM!  They tasted like those sweet, crunch pecans you can buy at the fair.
Anyways...as soon as the pumpkins were ready, Harper grabbed a permanent marker and started drawing on hers.  She drew round eyes and super squiggly mouth.  I cut it out for her but we both decided it needed a nose and ears also.  It was awesome!!!
Owen, however, was not interested in his at all...after the innards were out.  He was in love with candy corn this year, so we decided to make his pumpkin a piece of candy corn.  He knew exactly what it was when we showed him.
And the pumpkins were a huge success lit up on Halloween night!