Evan's first Jack O-Latern

Evan insisted it be a "Scary" pumpkin. He drew the eyes and the "scary mouth with teeth"all by himself. This may not seem like such a big deal, but before he began school, he didn't understand the concept of drawing the features on a face. Now he likes to draw faces for fun. He'll fill a whole page with faces - some scary and some happy. But of course, this pumpkin had to be scary.

Pat and I split the carving duty. Then, much to Evan's delight I roasted the seeds. So yesterday evening we turned out the lights and watched the pumpkin while munching on freshly roasted pumpkin seeds. Even Eli liked the pumpkin - although he passed on the seeds.

Since the carving, the pumpkin has become the centerpiece of our dining room table. Evan likes to go into the dinning room in the dark and watch it glow as often as we'll let him. The best part is, we still have 3 pumpkins to carve! I'm trying to save a couple for Thanksgiving centerpieces, but since Evan is so excited about his Jack-O-Latern, I'm thinking Evan should "carve" at least one more!