Pumpkin Carving

I feel like I'm slacking in the Halloween department! Usually we have our pumpkins carved at least a good week before trick-or-treating!  Tonight was our last night we could fit it in since Terre Haute does 2 (yes TWO) nights of trick-or-treating. I still think it's dumb to have 2 nights for Halloween, but it seems to work out so we can trick or treat in our small neighborhood the night before, pass out candy the night before, and then hang out with our friends on Halloween.

If the girls had it their way, we would have had a dragon (Natalie's idea) and a dog (Aubrey's idea), but we all know I don't love carving pumpkins that much, nor do I have the patience, time or artistic ability to make fancy pumpkins like my sister often does!  So, instead the girls picked out the shapes and whether they wanted a happy, silly, mad, etc pumpkin. They both chose happy and Aubrey specifically asked for no teeth, but instead to have the tongue out. Natalie specifically asked for 3 teeth.

Both of the girls don't seem to mind the texture of the pumpkin guts, but both enjoyed using a spoon much more than their hands.

I can now say I know how to get candle wax out of hair! While Natalie and I were Skyping with my parents and showing them the pumpkins, Natalie lost her balance and basically somersaulted over her pumpkin, tipping it over and get wax in her hair! We will see how it is in the morning, but just washing it really seemed to work!