Kyle and Owen carved their first jack-o-lantern. Well, they didn’t actually carve it, but they helped dig all the seeds and gushy pumkin stuff out of the inside. And I guess technically this was their second jack-o-lantern carving experience, since we did it last year too, but they were only 18 months old then so I’m not sure that really counts. Anyway, Owen kept saying, very seriously, “Mommy, don’t eat it.” And I’d say, “It’s o.k. Owen, you can eat it!” And he’d taste some of the raw pumkin guts and say, “It’s yucky.” Then a few seconds later: “Mommy, don’t eat it”… and the whole thing would start all over again. He tried it many times and said, “It’s yucky” each time. Kyle, on the other hand, had no interest in eating it (remarkable since the boy can EAT with the best of ’em and eats about 3x as much food per day as Owen). Kyle was just totally fascinated with the whole production– particularly the CANDLES once they were placed, and lit, inside the jack-o-lantern. He continuously kept blowing them out by blowing through the pumkin’s cut-out-mouth. It was driving me nutty because I’d finally get the thing lit, then he’d blow it out. I started getting really mad, telling him “KYLE, DO NOT BLOW IT OUT!” Owen would then eagerly egg him on: “Blow it out Kyle! Blow it out!!” and Kyle would then blow out the candles. So infuriating. Anyway, the jack-o-lantern was cute and the boys loved doing it.
