Pumpkin painting

The last couple years we've carved pumpkins. And by "we" I mostly mean Josh. It was fun, we had both gone years without carving a pumpkin. The first year we figured Luca would be too little to enjoy it, but we did it anyway. Then last year we thought he might get into it more. He didn't. So this year we decided that playing in pumpkin guts and hoping it doesn't rot before we're done enjoying it just wasn't worth it.

The stem needed to be pretty too

Instead, we found some huge pumpkins for a huge deal at the grocery of all places, and gave Luca a couple plates of paint blobs and told him to go to town. And he did. I debated doing it with Tessa too, but decided it wasn't really a good idea. She has her own little white pumpkin that Luca picked for her that she carries around and tries to eat and has fun with. So she's good with the festivities.

Happy kids equals happy parents!