Picking VS Carving

There is nothing that screams Fall more than pumpkin picking. Even though summer is clinging on for dear life with these warm temps, we're finally getting into the Fall spirit around here.

The day after Bella's birthday we made our annual trip with the Martins to Mayne's Pumpkin Patch.

 

Piper wasn't a fan of pumpkins much this year
the picking or the carving. It was all a little too
hot and she couldn't walk too great in the tangly
vined field for the picking and the carving was
a slimey mess that she hated not being a part of
but also hated being a part of.
AKA Pumpkins aint this girls thing. 

Pumpkin picking is grande but the real work comes in when it is time to carve. 

Just a few days before Halloween we set out on our carving. I HATE PUMPKIN CARVING! 

Every year I say lets get one pumpkin or maybe 2, Daddy can carve and Mommy will do the seeds. 

Every year Shea gives in with all the kids pleading and we get more and then I end up carving too. 

Connor and Bella were determined this year to do it all on their own. 

For the most part Connor and Bella did great, it was truly quite the goal they had set. So Shea and I helped under the condition that next year we just get a boys and a girls pumpkin and they can do as much as they want and then Daddy can help finish. But we will see if that actually happens or not. Shea got pretty tired this year, and even he who loves the carving was ready to call it quits. 

They turned out great though and it is always such fun to see them lit up at night!