PumpkinOops

We got the pumpkin home and began the carving process. This started in the back yard, where M and A washed the pumpkin with the garden hose (A's favorite backyard toy). Then it lived on our hearth while J cut various eyes, nose, and mouth shapes out of black paper for A to choose. It was sort of like visiting an optician -- "Do you like the triangle eyes, or the spiral eyes?" A wasn't sure about the eyes, but the mouth needed to be a frowning one.

We divided the actual carving into two days to make it more managable. On the first day the pumpkin got a lid and the insides were taken out. We made A wait on the sofa (mostly) while the knives were being brandished, but he really wanted to help with the goop.

On the second night -- we watched "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown." Once we got post-dinner videos out of the way, M asked A, "What should we carve on the pumpkin?" A thought about it for a moment, then said, "AlphaOops!" (AlphaOoops is one of his favorite books and he has a signed edition from Alethea Kontis.) We asked him again, but it was clear that he wanted us to carve a mixed up jumble of letters on the pumpkin.


So we took turns. No, A didn't get to use a knife.