Pumpkin Carving

Tonight we carved pumpkins with Matt's family. We all met at Matt and Stacey's house for pizza and then got to work. To start the night, the Ginskey boys got Kelsey a very cute Halloween gift that consisted of Disney princess patterns to carve, princess car keys and a little mermaid phone. Jacob was very excited to give the gift to Kelsey and wanted to pull everything out, but Connor tried to keep him patient so Kelsey could open it herself. Thank you so much for the gifts!
I have to admit that I am not much of a pumpkin carver. I prefer to be the supervisor. However, I did try my own pumpkin this year. I figure I better get some practice before Kelsey is old enough to realize that I am not very good. My pumpkin was a very basic triangle eyes and nose face. Mattey was a lot more creative, and he carved a Minnie Mouse face. It turned out great! Thanks Daddy :)
I have to say, everyone else seems to be pros at this pumpkin carving thing. Some of the stuff they were working on was way out of my league. It was fun to watch them though! Some of the things they carved were Vampire Mickey Mouse, a mummy, and Lightning McQueen.
Vickie of course wore her pumpkin carving mask. Kelsey did not even cry when she saw it. She now understands when we say cheese for a picture and she took a cute picture with Grandma.
To end the night, we had some yummy apple pie and ice cream. We attempted to bake some pumpkin seeds but I forgot to put on a timer and ended up with an oven full of smoke. Oops!
The last step will be to get the pumpkins on the front step and get our candles ready so we can light them on Halloween.