Old Traditions with New Style

 Wise words from Gordon. "Mom, I'm glad we can still do our traditions, even if they have to change a little bit." 

I was feeling a little bit bummed about our annual pumpkin carving because it was very different than years past. I've mentioned that we used to all go to Roca and then spend the next weekend carving pumpkins and roasting pumpkin seeds. It was a big event. All the kids participated and there was lots of mom being nervous about the knives and mess and dad saying, "they're old enough now to use the knife but do it like this." 

This year we had a much smaller crew. Two kiddos were working, one couldn't get down the stairs and was sleeping and people kind of worked in shifts. I sat on the deck holding the baby so he could "be a part of it" even though he's too little. I was also working on dinner and needed to be able to jump inside for that. 

Poppa helped the Tiny Human (we may have to come up with a new name soon). She completely designed what she wanted and then got all the seeds out of her white pumpkin. Poppa then carved it for her while she worked on climbing the fence. 

Jake worked diligently on carving out a pumpkin for pics for Wyn to sit in and have an epic photo shoot. The photo shoot hasn't been done yet but I'll be sure to share pics when it has been. 

Gordon & Tai seemed to have the most fun picking designs for their brother's pumpkins and then Gordon decided that every good pumpkin clearly needed to be worn. 

Tai and I later cleaned all the pumpkin seeds and they will be roasted as soon as I remember to do so. Today they were left in the oven while the preheat was set for baking. I've heard they survived and at some point, I will actually need to roast them. 

Oh, and Sunday was nap day for some of us.