Pies, Playdough and Pumpkins

It has been a busy month for the kids around the Karstens house. We have been working them like there is no tomorrow.

Gram's tree had lotsa apples so we made some pies and apple crisps. If you need any help with the hand crank peeler call Will. He is a pro. Truly. And Em is quite the supervisor. Note her observation of the pile of peelings.Then there was the evening of playdough creations. Will took a lot of time to put the parts on the lumps of dough and even texturized each of the animals with the appropriate tool. Em played along but tried to eat more of it than seemed necessary.
That is a blue elephant and a yellow giraffe. In case you were curious.

We finally took some time to carve the pumpkin that Gram got us from the Harrington girls' pumpkin patch. (What was left of it after the slugs had lunch anyways.) Will chose the shapes of the features and tried to use the carving tools for everything but what they were meant for. He also spent lots of time putting the pieces back in the face like a puzzle after I got them carved out. Emmy wasn't so excited about touching anything pumpkin related but liked the thing when it was lit.(This is the same picture as the previous one but in the dark.)

Wishing you the spookiest of Halloweens ever!