The Great Pumpkin

Yesterday, we went to the local pumpkin patch to seek out the Great Pumpkin. Despite the excessive heat, we were able to pretend it was fall long enough for Reilly look for and settle on the perfect specimen shown below. (The Great Pumpkin purchase came to total of $7.00. )

When we arrived home, we took the Great Pumpkin out back, along with some newspaper, a knife, a crayon, and a spoon. I took care of carving a hole in the top of the pumpkin, then played photojournalist while Reilly and Shawn cleaned out the inside of the Great Pumpkin and then carved it.*

*Reilly wasn't too keen on sticking her arm into the slimy pumpkin, but she did enjoy picking up the seeds and dropping them into the bowl (for dad to toast later).

Later that evening, just before it was time for Reilly to go to bed, we turned off all the lights and lit up the pumpkin. Reilly sat very still and concentrated on the face staring back at her. She kept her eyes fixed on it until we turned the lights back on. Reilly smiled up at us, and the three of us enjoyed one of those Family Moments.

If you're wondering who carved suck an awesome pumpkin, all credit goes to Shawn.