Carving Jack-O-Lanterns

After getting our cute little pumpkins at the pumpkin patch we carved them into Jack-O-Lanterns! It was so much fun to have Larren's parents in town for the Halloween festivities. We have never spent the Halloween holiday with them so this was a real treat for the kids.


Guts! Guts! Guts! Grace was spoon in hand until she saw what exactly she was going to be doing - then she chickened out big time! So did Audrey actually too! Such funny girls! Grace did finally get close enough to get a good look, but wouldn't get her hands dirty!

Papa working on gutting Jonas' pumpkin! Poor Mama K on slimy duty and Jonas looking on at all the excitement!

More watching! Next year Jonas will be able get in on the action and my guess is he won't be afraid of a little slimy goop like his big sisters are!

Papa and Jonas with the finished Jack-O-Lantern! Not a very good picture of Papa (sorry Papa) but it turned out to be such a cute little pumpkin!

Savannah and Larren working on Savannah's haunted house! She is way into complex arts and crafts lately! Thank heavens Larren is talented in that area and can help her out! Hers took quite a while to complete, but it turned out really neat!

Grace with her little pumpkin! She loved it once it was all cleaned out and carved!

Here are all the Jack-O-Lanterns out on the front step! Grace's is on the top step, Audrey's is the scaredy cat and little Jonas' is next to hers and Savannah's is the on the bottom step carved into a haunted house! And finally Mama K' s is the white pumpkin with a spider web designed on it and she even drew a spider in the web! Very very cool! Love this Halloween tradition!