With the coming of Halloween is the coming of pumpkin carving.
Erch!! Wait a minute!! The Ham Fam DID NOT go to Anderson Farms to harvest their very own pumpkins. What is the world coming to? Well.... Flag Football every Sunday and birthday parties every Saturday. October is a busy month in the Ham Fam and we just didn't make it this year. It about broke Mama's planner heart but even worse, it broke a bit more when Oliver asked why we weren't going. This Mama is all about tradition and consistency. A tradition that was bound to be made was an annual trip to the pumpkin patch. Instead, in 2012 we went to the grocery store. This is somewhat of a tradition too. At least, that's what I told our dearest Oliver when we set off for King Soopers on Saturday after a birthday party. When Mama was a kid, we went to Safeway for our pumpkins (or the garden, but that's not possible either, so therefore, not an option). We hunted and hunted through the bins of pumpkins until Oliver found his perfect carving pumpkin.
Note to the Ham Fam, we WILL go to Anderson Farms next year!
In the meantime, isn't Oliver so handsome with his perfect carving pumpkin?
Oliver picked out the perfect picture to carve upon his pumpkin. He analyzed it carefully as Daddy placed it on the face of 'ol Jack.
Oliver and Mommy also picked out a pumpkin for Kellan. Well, Mommy did. Oliver was not as impressed with the little bean of a pumpkin that Mommy picked out but she couldn't resist the hour glass shape. What she didn't predict was how huggable it would be for sweetie pie Kellan.
We carved our pumpkins on Sunday morning, before football. Therefore, pumpkin carving commenced while two of the four Ham Fam members will still in their PJ's. As the author of this blog, it's tempting to not post a picture of myself in PJ's with the morning look. Then again, it's important to have equal opportunity in posting photos for the event. At least my butt cheeks won't have a cameo appearance.
After Kellan's top was popped, his job was to scoop the seed out but apparently the roll of tape was much more exciting.
On the other end of the table, Oliver had stripped his shirt and was digging into the gooey guts.
EWWWW Pumpkin Innards!!
Kellan continued to roll on.
Oliver had new Spider-Man PJ's, which were a tad big for his mid section, resulting in a full moon rising.
The guts continued to spew from Oliver's pumpkin.
This moment, right here, reminded me that this is my boy.
Slime on his fingers and he's holding them out in hopes of washing them soon.
The photo above with slime on his belly, well, he must get that acceptance from his Daddy.
It was quite the Sunday morning scene in the Ham Fam kitchen.
Eventually, Kellan decided to venture inside his pumpkin.
Ta-Da!
Guts on the Spoon!
A face of concentration.
AHHH Jack Pot!
Nice and neat, in the bowl.
On the other side of the table, another face of concentration was marking his image.
Meanwhile, Kellan was on a mission for another scoop.
Oliver continued to make progress on his image.
Kellan spotted his favorite yellow spoon in the drawer and wanted to put in in action for pumpkin scooping.
His first time in he pulled out a seed.
Then, he tried and tried to get another seed and kept coming up with an empty spoon.
His determination was plentiful.
WALA!!
Seed on Yellow Spoon!
At the other end of the table, carving had commenced.
It was a critical job from every angle.
It didn't take long for Daddy to decide that it was too risky for Oliver to loose a tiny finger and he took over the carving.
The finished product was a haunted house for Oliver, complete with bats.
Kellan's Jack was a ghouly ghost, compliments of Mama's creativity.
Looking forward to Halloween in a few short days!
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