Once a year I remember why we only carve pumpkins once a year ;)

Camryn was VERY particular about what she wanted her pumpkin to look like. First it had to be tall and skinny (like her) and then it had to have diamond eyes, a circle nose, and a smiling mouth.

This was the first year that Camryn really dug right in. She was able to clean out pretty much all of the seeds. Speaking of the seeds, little Miss I-Know-What-I-Want insisted that we save the pumpkin seeds so we can plant them and then she will have pumpkins to share with her friends next year. For now the seeds are in a zip lock bag, what do you suppose the chance is that she will forget them??

Elody was not so sure about this and did not dig in as fast as Camryn. She put her hand barely inside the pumpkin a few times and then pulled it right back out.

FINALLY she made contact with the seeds!
and then quickly pulled her hand out and freaked out a little bit :-)
She finally did scoop out a little but I of course ended up doing most of hers.
These are the pumpkins the girls decorated earlier this month. Camryn was pretty proud of their "pumpkin family."
Not a great picture but here are the girls' jack-o-lanterns (and a sneak peek at their costumes).