We Poked Our Pumpkin
Well, kids. Halloween is upon us. I, for one, am pretty excited. This year, I’ve got TWO valid trick or treaters. Two valid, super cute trick or treaters, actually. Which means double the candy.
That is, of course, assuming I can get Gracie to put on her costume again. She was none too pleased about becoming a giant bumble bee. Hysterically crying with snot and tears rolling down her face, she looked nothing like the cute little girl on the cover of the costume bag. I’ve been coaching her this week to prepare her for Halloween.
“Keep your eye on the prize, Gracie Girl. Momma needs her some fun sized Snickers…”
Even if Gracie doesn’t bee-have (har, har, har), I’ve got my ace in the hole with Bean Man. Originally, he wanted to be Spiderman for Halloween. But the only costume they had for Spriderman was way too big for him, so we went with his old friend Buzz Lightyear. And he rocks that costume, let me tell you. He can even strike the pose from the cover of the costume package. Gracie needs to take lessons from Bean.
To get the kids ready for Halloween, we carved our pumpkin this weekend. Well… we sort of carved it. Actually, there was no carving involved. We poked it. We poked our pumpkin.
The kids picked the kit, and I think they made the right choice. We all love it.
I do feel slightly bad that we’ve never carved a pumpkin with them. Want to know a secret? I’ve never carved a pumpkin before! Nope. Never. Nada. Not one. Growing up, my parents always did it, and I don’t think I’ve had a pumpkin since I lived at home. It’s gotten so pathetic that my friends are offering to carve pumpkins with my kids since I won’t.
Tomorrow we are going to have Bean’s best friend from school over with her family for dinner and to go trick or treating. My mom is going to come down and hand out candy at our house while we cruise the neighborhood for the good candy. I’ve got the Fisher Price wagon pimped out, the costumes primed and ready to go, my kids have been coached and prepped.
BRING ON THE KIT KATS!!!!!
12 Comments
Sara R.
How is it possible that someone has NEVER carved a pumpkin before?! I say you run to the store tonight and lose your pumpkin virginity 🙂
Christina
Oh, the KitKats! I ate all my kids KitKats last year (and they are old enough to know it) and so I bought them some not too long ago (my oldest holds a grudge)…before 24 hours had gone by, I had eaten all but 3 of them. FAIL
Your kids are adorable! But I didn’t need to tell you that. 🙂
April
First of all, pumpkin carving is not hard. You can do it. Secondly, it is so fun! I’ve carved at least one if not up to three pumpkins since I was 10. It is truly gruesome and delightful. My favourite part of halloween.
Katy @MonsterProof
I may have broken into our fun size snickers during Sandy. Valid excuse, right? And my Gracie-sized pirate REFUSED to touch pumpkin goo when we were carving. Evil mom, but I was cracking up about his paranoia.
Leah
Hailey is a tutu scarecrow. Seriously the cutest thing ever. Really search for it on pinterest. The little girl on pinterest is adorable and looks like she loves her costume. Hailey doesn’t appreciate that I made hers and it looks pretty darn close to the $80 one if I do say so myself. The only way she’ll wear it is when I bribe her with m&ms. I tell her if she wants an m&m she has to put it on and say trick or treat. So ahe croes with it on and as soon as the m&m touches her lips she pushes the dress down. We’ll see how tonight goes.
Anna in Ohio
We used the same kits this year, except we got the ones for the mini pumpkins! Our 22-month-old and Daddy had a great time making a witch and a ghost!
Kat
I’m going with P is too young to eat candy but not too young to trick or treat…is that cheating? ps- the mr potato head pumpkin kit is genius. We didn’t do anything this year but if I knew that was an option we totally would have (ok maybe not…but I’d think about it)
Chloe
I love that pumpkin and Bean is so happy and cuedoing his pose!
Mindee@ourfrontdoor
My kids carved their own pumpkins this year. It was wonderful. Just wait a decade or so and tell them to do it themselves.
Alaina
Love those outfits! Bean cracks me up 🙂
Jen @ Ginger Guide
I may or may not have gently guided Sullivan’s hand towards Twix and Hundred Grand bars. Nothing wrong with that. It took twenty minutes of him screaming and we finally had to bribe him with candy to leave the driveway. Oy. I earned that Twix bar.
Jenna
I feel the same way about pumpkin carving (between the knives and the smell) … I’m a new teacher now and this year, my class PAINTED a pumpkin instead of carving. Sorry, kids!