Pumpkin Carving '08

The weekend that Luke's birthday falls on seems to be great for many reasons every year...for one it's Luke's birthday! It's always a good weekend for a visit from the Grandparents, and it seems to be gorgeous weather every year! So we made this our pumpkin carving weekend and had a blast!

Pop was helpful with giving Aliza guidance and also with having scary face competitions with the boys! Who knew Dave could be so Spooky?

This was Aliza's first year wielding the knife! Last year she had a "Potato Head Pumpkin" and we didn't have to worry about her slicing digits then! Needless to say she was well supervised during her carving adventures! She did great and didn't get too frustrated either...good girl!Izaak was able to fashion a pumpkin to look just like "Jack the Pumpkin King" from Nightmare Before Christmas, it's a really cool design! Kaleb took Grandma's lead and ended up painting his pumpkin too! He had it all covered in blue to highlight his detailed carving! Very creative!Although we weren't able to find the white pumpkins this year, Eema partook in the festivities and was able to come up with quite the jock-o-lantern! She was quick to provide paint and lend a hand to knives stuck in thick pumpkin flesh too!

Barb had inspiration of the Martha Stewart persuasion and made this really great creative pumpkin! Some little sticks, black paint, and a little elbow grease and she had the prize winner of the year!