Pumpkin Carving

We spent last Wednesday night (10/28) carving out our pumpkins for Halloween. James got to get in on the action with some new sensory exploration -- he loves to pat the outside of the cool pumpkins but wasn't so sure about the goopy middle :-)
James' little hand almost got lost in all the goopiness (the seeds were great).
James' facial expression as he touched the goop.

I was so stoked with how our first pumpkin turned out!!! It was a team effort: James was going to be a puppy dog for Halloween, I suggested a dog for the pumpkin design, Jimmy found the pattern, I drew it, Jimmy carved it. We ended up with one great Blue (from "Blue's Clues). Good family project and with no fighting! Woo Hoo!
Pumpkin #2 was free-handed -- we all had input but Jimmy did all the carving and overall design -- I added the funny ears :-) Pretty successful first pumpkin carving for the Montalbano's!