Pumpkin Time

Peter, Peter pumpkin eater,

Had a wife and couldn't keeper;

He put her in a pumpkin shell

And there he keep her very well

~ Traditional Nursery Rhyme 

We had our annual pumpkin painting tradition on Monday evening with the kids.  Did you know that if you paint them, you can keep them longer?  We typically get pumpkins in September and hold on to them until after the kids birthdays in the beginning of February.  Afterwards, we place them outside for the deer and squirrels to have a nice winter's treat.

Now back to pumpkin painting . . . Pumpkin and Princess were able to paint one pumpkin each this year.  They got to pick their pumpkin, paint brush, and four colors.

 
When we were at the pumpkin patch a few weeks ago, Princess's cousins told her that her pumpkin looks like the pumpkin that turns into Cinderella's carriage in the Disney movie.  So, Princess decorated her "Cinderella" pumpkin with splashes of color everywhere. 

Now that Pumpkin is in kindergarten he was more artistic and creative this year.  One side of his pumpkin is a happy face and the other side is a scary monster face.

Maybe later we will attempted to carve our first pumpkin with the kids, but it will have to be closer to Halloween. Good thing I picked up a few carving kits last year after Halloween when everything was on sale. ;-)