As is tradition in the Parkinson household, for FHE we made our way over to the Walmart parking lot to pick out three fantastic $3 pumpkins for carving. A few days later we let our kids stay up way too late (on a school night even) to help us carve their pumpkins. We had a blast! 
I think we listened to "This is Halloween" from The Nightmare Before Christmas 100 times that evening. I wouldn't be surprised if the kids know almost every word to that song. There was lots of laughing, lots of fun and lots of silliness.
We let the kids each pick out what they wanted carved and they usually help with poking holes on the template. The mom and dad do most of the actual carving. Cordy went with a very cute owl, Elyssa picked a simple butterfly, and Alec went for Darth Vader. I was able to carve and clean up almost all of our mess in the time it took Nick and Alec to complete their time consuming masterpiece.
The kids were all so excited with how they turned out and I must say we did a pretty good job. I just count my lucky stars that the girls are still easy to please!
2 comments:
That Darth Vader is intense. The funniest jack-o-lantern I saw this year was one my friend carved just after the hurricane. It said SANDY in very scary letters. My friend is from New Jersey, and she said Sandy was the scariest thing she could think of at the time.
These are awesome, and the kids are (once again) adorable! You always make everything so fun at your house!
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