Casey and Darby were very interested in helping me carve our big pumpkin today. After I made the incision, Casey pulled the top off. Once he got a look at what was inside, he pretty much stood back and let me and Darby take over. He didn't want anything to do with all those pumpkin guts.
Darby doesn't mind getting his hands messy. He stuck his spoon right in there, although I can't really say he was helpful. First, he wanted to taste the stuff. We were at the table and using spoons--I can see how he would get confused.
Later I had to stop him from putting the goop I had already scooped out back into the pumpkin. I admire the enthusiasm, though.
While Darby and I worked on extracting the innards (actually, Darby wandered off at some point), Casey made some preliminary sketches of how he wanted the face to look. He decided the eyes had to be circles, and that the nose should be a triangle. He was less specific about what the mouth should look like, though. He just kept telling me it had to be "scary." So I gave it a few teeth.
Casey seemed pretty happy with it. Actually, I was just glad it turned out ok. I haven't made one of these things since my own parents were helping me. And, I remember being pretty squeamish about the pumpkin guts too.
Casey likes to take the top off and put it back on. Simple joys, I guess.
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