Pumpkin Season!

Saturday last I went to my fruit stand and bought some pumpkins. G had to carry his (he's quite the gentleman normally and will try and carry anything for me, push anything for me, pick up anything for me -- provided I then pick him up as well!) white (yes, it had to be white) pumpkin around the stand, to the counter and to the car.  He was quite proud of his pumpkin.  A was taking a nap in the car the whole time.  I checked with the seller and apparently white pumpkins work similarly to orange, just not as pumpkiny.

The pumpkins have sat around this week as the fall term is a nightmare.  Chris works late two nights and we have church one night.  That leaves Tuesdays to be a normal family and we are only a few weeks in to the term.  G has played with his white pumpkin most days and wanted to see it/touch it/bonk his sister on the head with it all week.  Since the kids and I typically get home well before Chris I decided we were going to at least get the pumpkins roasted tonight.  A was all for it as she remembered gooping out pumpkins last year (if not the year before). As we goop out pumpkins several times a season, this is a fair thing to remember.  G however was a bit irritated that I wanted to mess up his perfect pumpkin.  A has become quite helpful when it is just the three of us, and is becoming the bossy, worldly older sister.  A tried to help calm G down about the pumpkin, but it just didn't happen.

I just remembered that I still have seeds to sort, so here are a few pictures of our pumpkins thus far in the season.