Smashing Pumpkins

Now that Halloween is over Jamie thought it would be a good idea to show Hudson what to do with his pumpkin...

Pumpkin carving with my pumpkin!

This afternoon we carved our pumpkins that we got at the pumpkin patch. Hudson enjoyed it. He sat on the counter and "helped" quite a bit of the time. He would not stick his arm in the pumpkin for a long time, but after I got it all cleaned out then he decided it was okay. But he still enjoyed sitting there and talking about the seeds ("eeewww" "gross") and "cutting" the pumpkin. He also ate a little pumpkin and must have thought it wasn't bad cause he tried several bites! He especially got excited when I carved an Elmo face in my pumpkin for him. Definitely the highlight of the pumpkin carving - although playing with the screwdriver was probably a close second!

Gotta get this pumpkin cleaned out!

Cut it right here

Working hard!

A little cheese to go along with our pumpkin!

Hudson's ELMO that I did for him on the back side of my pumpkin. He loves him.

A little snack...

Maybe just one more bite...

Cheesing with his ELMO pumpkin

Family pic - my pumpkin is the S one and Jamie's is the scary one (in case you couldn't tell!)

painting pumpkins

This morning we painted our small pumpkins. This was Hudson's first experience with painting and he enjoyed it. I think we definitely will be doing more painting projects this winter to keep us occupied. He did a pretty good job of keeping the paint on the pumpkin and the plate only - just a little on his hands and he only tried to eat it twice. So all in all it was a good, fun time!