Hayden does not like to get messy, he never has, and he probably never will. So when Halloween rolls around and the children want to carve pumpkins, he can hardly stand the idea of touching the guts of a pumpkin. This year however, Michael forced him to pull out some of the guts on his own. It was pretty hysterical to witness because he was freaking out about it.
Sydney on the other hand has never had a problem with cleaning out her pumpkins and can often be seen up to her elbows in the goop. She did an excellent job cleaning out and carving her pumpkin this year. She knew exactly what she wanted to do and did it.
Maura is more like her brother and not too convinced that pulling out pumpkin guts is something that she wants to add to her "to do" list. She did a little of it, but became grossed out by the smell of her pumpkin and ran and hid in her room. Apparently she is not a fan of the smell of squash.
We were down to the wire though, it was Halloween and we only had an hour or two before dark, so Michael rallied the troops and got the 3 pumpkins finished and transformed into jack-o-lanterns. We put them on the porch and lit the candles and handed out candy to the early trick-or-treaters, but then we went to our friend's home for dinner. Halloween fell on the Sabbath this year, so no trick-or-treating for our family. Instead, we enjoyed a trunk-or-treat at the church the Wednesday before.
Here are the children with their friends finishing up dinner. We had delicious chili and bread sticks. Then we gathered in their front room and held a Halloween themed poetry reading. It was a fun filled night and something that we will never forget.
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