SpongeBob Pumpkin Pants

I think that when we have kids, we do one of two things...We pass on all of the traditions that we learned from our own families, or we create new traditions for them. While I had a blessed childhood and have lots of things to pass along to Alana, the one thing I don't remember doing much of (if any) is pumpkin carving. Somewhere in my adulthood, I have learned to love doing this! I think I have Jeff Wilson to thank for the intricate pumpkin design choices...Oh, go big or stay home. I am not sure if we carved any pumpkins last year, but two years ago we did a Dora pumpkin and a Blue's Clues pumpkin. I thought those were hard...Until this year.

Meet our pumpkin, which we adopted at the Hunt Club Farm last night.

Ewww Pumpkin guts.

Or are they brains?!

Poking holes on the template...
Come on, you didn't think I would do this without help did you?

Beginning to think I'm insane for letting her pick this one.

Oh, my aching hands.

Ta-dum. Now we just need some moonlight to test it!

Looks like I got the thumbs up!

Seriously...I am the rockingest pumpkin carver on the block!

And Alana (and her ring pop) agree!

Actually, Alana told me that she thought the pumpkin looked "fantastic". She danced around the backyard, picking flowers and onion grass while I did most of the work...but to see her amazement at the finished product...well, it made it all worth it. I know our pumpkin will probably be rotten before too long--definitely before Halloween, but we wanted to carve it while Justin was actually home. We already have the Cinderella one waiting to be carved. Stay tuned!

Peace, Love and Over-achieving Mommy