pumpkins and christmas cookies.

Our poor child. If he needs serious counseling when he is older, he can blame it all on me. Because we are trying to get everything ready for the baby, things have been a little "out of order" this year. For example, 2 weeks ago we were out buying Christmas presents for family. Last weekend we went to a Halloween party, then came home and made a big Thanksgiving dinner (just because I had been craving turkey, stuffing and sweet potatoes!). And today, we made Christmas sugar cookies, then carved pumpkins and Carter watched me wrap more Christmas presents.

He must be so confused. Oh well, at least he keeps a smile on his face!
We went to the pumpkin patch 3 weeks ago but the pumpkins have sat out on our back patio patiently waiting to be carved. So, today was the day! Carter was very excited to get his hands into the pumpkin and help. And, for the most part, he was actually a big helper!

Then it was time to decide what the pumpkin should look like. He spent a long time thinking about it before drawing a face he wanted Matt to carve.
This is what he came up with. Not sure if Matt can match that exact image...
Matt did a good job of multi-tasking. Keeping an eye on Carter, cleaning out the pumpkin and watching the Seahawks game.
Once the pumpkins were cleaned out, Carter got bored and went off to play. So, I roasted seeds, Matt and I sampled the seeds and the pumpkins remain untouched on our kitchen counter. Not sure if we'll get around to actually "carving" the pumpkins this year. Oh well.

With all of the baking Carter and I have done together, today was Matt's turn. While I was out of the house for a few hours, Carter helped Matt make sugar cookies. But, of course, Matt used Christmas cookie cutters resulting in Christmas tree, snowman and star shaped cookies. Carter was very excited to help frost them.
This was perfect timing because I had just vacuumed and polished the hardwood floors about 1 hour before we used these sprinkles. Needless to say, I got to spend the following hour doing it all over again.

Always fun to sample!

I'd say they turned out pretty good!