First Pumpkin Carving

Though Isaac and Elliott are now two years old, they still have many "firsts" ahead.  On Monday, October 29th, the boys had a new experience...carving pumpkins for the first time!  They have loved their pumpkins since we selected them at Boyd Orchard a few weeks prior and were very excited to see them in the house!

(Disclaimer:  If you have an aversion to the color orange, you will not love this post!  LOTS of orange!)

Hugging their pumpkins

Both Isaac and Elliott were quite patient while Bob started carving the pumpkins.

Isaac did not want to miss a step of the process...

Elliott was easily distracted of his view of "choo choo red" (Wee Sings dvd) was obstructed, but quickly became intrigued once the stem had been removed...

Much to our surprise, they loved the "guts" of the pumpkins and did not hesitate one bit to reach in!

Bob had just as much fun with the goo as the boys did!

We used spoons to clean all of the seeds out of the pumpkins.  Cleaning them out actually proved to be the greatest challenge of the activity!  Elliott and Isaac liked "cooking" with the pumpkins so much that they spooned the seeds back into the pumpkins every time we removed them!

Finally onto the first facial carving...and the beginning of Bob's "serious concentration" face, which Isaac seems to share!

Eye to eye with his pumpkin!

No serious concentration faces for Elliott and Mama

After finishing the pumpkin faces, Isaac and Elliott posed with their finished jack-o-lanterns!  Apparently, Bob was doing something quite hysterical behind me.  Whatever he was up to turned their content stares into cheesy, natural smiles and giggles that we see on our boys so often...except when I am camera-ready.  I was so happy to capture these expressions that I included lots of photos!

Hugs for brother

Kisses for brother

Elliott loving his "punkie"...

Isaac loving his "punkit"...

The Jewell jack-o-lanterns!

What a fun night and the beginning of a yearly family tradition!