Hailee went to the pumpkin patch with her school class the middle of October. She was so excited and started counting down the days until she went. The morning arrived and she didn't need to be told twice to get out of bed, in fact she woke up on her own and started getting ready without any help. She wore her favorite striped sweater and had a smile on her face the whole morning.
When I picked her up from the bus stop she still had a huge smile on her face, but unfortunately she couldn't find her pumpkin. Somehow the most perfect pumpkin was lost. I told her that it would probably turn up and that if it didn't we could go pick out another one. Surprisingly she was okay and told me about all the fun things they did at the pumpkin patch.
The next day she was thrilled when she got of the bus with her pumpkin in her hands. The day before she had told me that it was just a little perfect pumpkin, so I was a little surprised to see the size of it. Not overly huge, but definitely not the small pumpkin I had envisioned. She was so thrilled to find her pumpkin so she could carve it for Halloween.
She was so excited when we finally sat down to carve it. She drew me a picture of she wanted it to look like. Once we decided on an idea (they rosy cheeks and eyelashes just weren't going to work, especially with my carving skills and tools available), we got started. She wanted to help do everything, that is until I lifted the lid off the pumpkin. "Oh gross, what is that mom." So instead of helping me clean out the pumpkin I recieved all kinds of words of encouragement as she sat right by my side. "You're doing a great job mom." "You are really good at that." etc, until the whole pumpkin was cleaned out.
Next year we might have to invest in some real pumpkin carving tools, but for this year our old spoons and kitchen knives didn't do too bad of a job.
Hailee was thrilled to have a happy-not-scary pumpkin for Halloween. Next year we'll have to work on cheeks and eyelashes. This one looks a little more silly than pretty, but we're learning.