Levi and Caytlyn joined in the carving festivities since they "had nothing better to do" and as usual Caytlyn brought a giddy humor that matched perfectly with Levi's phobia of having his hands dirty and the laughing began.
We also had Jared along for the fun (a kid that LeRoy met in town who didn't have a job or place to stay and was just passing through so ended up at our house for dinner and pumpkin carving). From what we learned he came from a rather tough home life so being part of our silly family bantering pulled a few smiles from him. Nathan pretty much adopted him demanding that he "sit by Jared" for dinner and pumpkins, chattering at him the whole time. It was good to see our family through a strangers eyes. We're not so bad after all.
I was surprised at Hyrum's enthusiasm for the gutting process. He was not squirmy at all about the stringy slime and even tried eating it, which he liked initially but didn't enjoy so much later that night when he threw up a seedy orange mess. Before his nasty regurgitated announcement he drew his own design on his pumpkin and with a little momma help came up with a cutesy cross-eyed jack-o-lantern.
Nathan was a little more hesitant with the mess but had fun actually using a carving tool. He beamed like a big boy as he carefully followed the pencil lines and popped out the eyes and mouth. Thank goodness basic shapes can make up a face to please a 4 year old and that dollar store carving tools aren't sharp enough to cut his fingers off.
Derek and Justin set out with determination to follow the printed pattern to a perfect scary face and were getting frustrated with the difficulty but by the time the candles were lit they were thrilled. Scare away boys.
Erika served up 6 hours of fast food at Wendy's that night so had to wait to enjoy the dramatic view when she got home.
A Tiggerific evening! They are soooo cuddly in these outfits. Seriously, I can't stop huggin' them.
Justin rigged his own costume recycling some of LeRoy's scrap pvc pipe and last years Dracula get up and fake blood that . . . I have no idea where it came from. I was afraid he would actually stab himself with it from all the walls he ran into but he just played it up and endured a little bruising.
Derek had a fabulous costume that he build all by himself from cardboard, copper (for the chain mail that he spent a month making), paper mache and yarn. I have not one picture of it. I'll have to check the other camera. Sorry, middle child!
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