Jack-O-Lanterns

Glen got the ball rolling on the pumpkins this year. He had the awesome idea of carving the little pumpkins. They were not the ity-bity kind but the small-ish kind that are good for pies, I think. Lylah was very into the scooping of seeds with her little spoon tool and getting the seeds into a brownie pan. She was thrilled that I said I would cook them in the oven and we would make a treat of them.

In the end they were very cute. Glen's is the one with the upside down question mark nose and mine ( Lylah's ) the circle nose. It's funny that his looks the way it does because it looks like every doodle I have ever seen of his. If you put his and a hundred others in a line up, I could find it for sure.
We had no candles in the house at all and Aunt Lori came to our rescue with some tea lights. When the pumpkins were done and sitting on the table Lylah said to me, "oh Mommy, look at it look at it" But when I lit them and turned off the light in the dining room to reveal the picture above, she was rendered speechless for about 3 seconds before she said the same words again but much quicker and louder. It takes a lot to render her speechless, but a tiny lit pumpkin will apparently d the trick. It has been so exciting for us this year to share all the fun family traditions because she finds such a thrill in them and actually remembers the event. This was a very happy day!