Jackhammering Jack O Lanterns

We carved pumpkins tonight. Because you know it's a week away from Halloween and that's what people do. 

This year was the first year that both kids could really participate in it. Obviously not the carving part because that would involve knives and giving two boys under five knives is probably as smart as walking inside a tiger's cage at the zoo wearing nothing but raw bacon. But they did get to scoop out guts which I maturely explained to the boys that they were pumpkin "brains", which in turn really freaked Calen out to the point where it took a lot of convincing to stick his hand in there. Parenting win.

We I carved the big jack o lantern, and Brad went uber MAN on me, busted out his power drill and drilled a thousand little holes in the two smaller pumpkins. (Before he used the drill, he used a hammer and punch to make the holes, so that the kids could participate in hammering. Only they could make carving pumpkins so incredibly manly).


The turnout was pretty fantastic. 

Also, these would look completely spectacular out on my front porch, if not for the stupid street light right outside my front door. Stupid street light and their stupid safety precautions.

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