First Carve

Halloween might be my favorite holiday. Now that we have a child, we must start some Halloween traditions. First on the list, carving pumpkins. Second? costumes of course. Duh. Last year Isaac was a dog, and a turtle. This year...he'll be a dragon. Thanks for the costume, Holli! Photos to come.

Isaac was already mildly obsessed with pumpkins. Last Halloween, when he was only 6 months old, my mom taught him to "pat the pumpkin," each time she brought him inside her house during that month. He remembered that all year long, and the minute he started seeing pumpkins this year, he would run up to them and yell "pat punk!" then pat the pumpkin three times. He was ecstatic to see what was inside a pumpkin when we carved it a couple nights ago. The photos will tell the rest of the story.Isaac patting the pumpkin.
Isaac "helping."
Isaac feeding the guts to Abbie (she really did enjoy them.) On a side note, he thinks it's HILARIOUS to call Abbie "Abba Dabba."
If Abbie likes them, maybe I will too. Nope.
Perhaps Dad will enjoy pumpkin guts. Dave says they taste better than pumpkin pie (he doesn't like pumpkin pie - blasphemy!)
The finished pumpkin. Looks much better with the lights off.

And on a side note, Isaac had been on a 9 month haitus of not smiling for the camera. Well, we captured plenty of smiles, but he would not pose for the camera EVER. He recently began giving us the cheese again - smiling and making goofy faces on cue. Here are a couple photos - he's baaaaaaack!