Pumpkin Time!

It's that time of the year again...for the carving of the pumpkins! Abby got a pumpkin a few weeks ago at her field trip and Elizabeth has been asking pretty much everyday when she was going to go get one. So on Saturday we went and her and I got two big ones, so that she could carve one and so could Dad! Well Josh is sick and didn't really want to carve one so Elizabeth got to carve both big ones! This is them cleaning them out. I hate this part and was inside for most of it baking!

 

Abby didn't like her hands getting dirty as much as Elizabeth did!

They had to clean up the cleaning out first before they could start to carve. We got at the store a Barbie pumpkin carving kit but it was for bigger pumpkins then what we got. So Elizabeth designed her own faces, and I have to say (and I know that I'm her mom and have to say these types of things...but really if you know Josh and I we don't just say those type of things even to our own kids) She did a REALLY good job. I was so impressed by what she created all by herself, none of us helped her.

Abby on the other hand told us that she was too little to be handling anything sharp! Yes her words!!! I love this kid. She said that she could clean it out but she didn't want to use any knives! However she got over that and decided it would be ok to us one of the small carving knives and she did carve her own pumpkin!

When they were done they set them outside in the front. They are so excited to finally have pumpkins for Halloween...and yes I know we are a little late, but at least we made them BEFORE Halloween happened!

So I said I was baking and yes the girls picked out these mummy cupcakes for me to make and no I didn't get these off of pinterest I got them from Target out of a box. However the first batch I made of cupcakes that came with the box didn't turn out at all the centers caved in! So I had to get another cake mix out of the pantry and make some more. But even after all that they turned out really cute I think!

 We took some over to our neighbors house. The girls LOVE to deliver treats to the neighbors and I think our neighbors LOVE to get treats from the girls! Don't you wish you were our neighbors now!