Pumpkin Carving and Treat Making

Friday evening after dinner, we carved our pumpkins and then Peyton and I made some special Halloween goodies. Hunter was less than enthused about the pumpkin carving extravaganza. It was getting close to his bedtime, so he was kind of grumpy.

Peyton was excited to make jack-o-lanterns though.

The pumpkin carving duties usually fall to me each year. I cut the tops off of the pumpkins and then tried to get Peyton to help me scoop out the seeds and stringy pumpkin pieces, but he wanted no part of sticking his hand in the pumpkin. He said it was yucky, so I just finished scooping the pumpkins clean myself.

Peyton directed me on how to carve each of the pumpkins. He told me what shapes to make the eyes, noses, and whether the mouths should be a smile or a frown.

Hunter ended up cheering up a little bit. He must have liked the finished product!

Here are our jack-o-lanterns.

After Hunter went to sleep, Peyton and I made some special Whoopie Pies for Halloween. Peyton loves baking with me and I love baking with Peyton! He does a really good job of dumping the ingredients into the bowl. He also knows that something yummy is coming when we bake together and I know he can't wait to eat the treats we make.

These Whoopie Pies were made with chocolate cake and the icing inside was so sweet, made with lots of butter, cream cheese, Fluff, and powdered sugar. We tinted the icing orange for Halloween and made spider webs out of icing to decorate the pies for the holiday. They tasted pretty good too, I'd say.

Even though I was really last minute on buying the pumpkins, I'm glad I found some and that we carved them for Halloween. I didn't want Peyton and Hunter to miss out on our traditions just because I'm a little sick this year.