Pumpkin Carving and Costumes

We had a lot of fun this Halloween as a family. On Saturday we had our first pumpkin carving ever. I will admit that I don't enjoy pumpkin carving. The guts kind of gross me out. Last year we decided to just skip it, since Gabe wouldn't remember anyway. But this year we both really wanted Gabe to 'help' carve his first ever pumpkin so I but the bullet and we did it (though Nathan did all the gutting and carving!). Gabe wasn't sure what he thought of pumpking guts. He was hesitant to touch them and then once he did, he decided they were slimy and gross (guess he's just like his Mama!). He did taste a tiny piece that was on the floor but promptly made a nasty face and spit it right back out. He had a lot of fun using the pumpkin scraper to try and empty the bowl of pumpkin guts, though. Elena had much more fun with the bowl of pumpkin guts. She threw her hands in there and went to town, but was sadly disappointed by the taste.







Saturday night we visited City Girl's house for a fun Halloween party - pizza and brownies and Simpson's Halloween - oh my! I wish we could have stayed later, we really enjoyed ourselves. The costumes were great. Thanks City Girl!





On Sunday we got both the kids dressed up - Gabe as a dinasour and Elena as a cat - and went trick-or-treating. Elena obviously had no clue what we were doing and Gabe didn't understand much either besides the fact that there were suckers in his pail and he wanted them. He was bored quickly but I had fun getting them both dressed up. We visited a few houses and then went to my inlaws for dinner. All in all, we had a fun Halloween.