Pumpkin Carving in Woburn

Janelle's mother, Stacia, for the past few years has invited us all down to her house for a summer cookout, usually in August. This year, for many reasons, we could never come up with a good date until now, so it was decided that we would do pumpkin carving at her house.

While we were getting ready for dinner (which was delicious, by the way), Mason and Marley played outside.





Starting to carve.....



Mason wanted to help.





He thought it was "stinky" though.



Mark and Toby were slackers for awhile. Toby eventually got into it.



So did Mark.





Although we all felt that it was a "marginal" effort that Mark put forth!



This was one of Marley's pumpkins. She also made the one with the cat silhouette.



Kris did her job with the seeds again this year with enthusiasm. Stacia and I helped with this too. This really is one of the worst jobs!





Janelle's sister, Amy, has Rock Band for PlayStation and we all had fun playing with this.





In the end, these were our carvers.....




And these were our jack-o-lanterns.



What a really fun day. Thanks Stacia for hosting this!!

297/365 - Pumpkin carving day

Not all of our carvers are in this picture. Kris, Toby and Marley had to leave before Janelle finished her pumpkin, so they didn't make the final picture this year. The pumpkins from left to right were Marley's, Amy's, Janelle's, and Toby's. The people from left to right are Janelle, Mason, Grandma Stacia, and Amy.

This picture is of Marley and Toby mapping out their pumpkin faces.



Pumpkin guts hand...



Marley said her pumpkin was too tall; she didn't really want to stick her arm all the way in. Kristen offered to help clean out the guts. Her face says it all... YUCK!!



The two grandmas had pumpkin seed duty this year



Can you believe his curls?





Mason found Auntie Amy's baseball hat and stuck it on his head backwards. Isn't he just too cute?



Pumpkin carving day was a little crazy this year. Everyone seemed tired to begin with, Mason hadn't taken a nap and was a little cranky, the Patriots took precedence over pumpkin carving for the boys (although Toby helped Marley get started and did one himself), Stacia had cracked ribs, I couldn't seem to get my act together but we had fun anyway and the pumpkins came out cute I think!

296/365 - Pumpkins

Here are some of our pumpkins waiting to be carved tomorrow!