pumpkin carving time..

A time honored tradition... pumpkin carving time. I like to do this for the wonderful pumpkin seeds inside... roast them up with a bit of salt, and yummy fall treat.

Now, back in the day.. a good ol' fashion jack o lantern suited me just fine.. ya, know.. the one with the big smile and the triangle eyes... but Sadie is more into this "negative space" carving... and keeping with the theme of Abbie's party just a week ago... "hello Kitty"....

Abbie was delighted with her Mom's artist ability!!! and then showed me all the seeds when the pumpkin's cap was cut.

Telling us all about "hello Kitty" and saying, "Mom this looks perfect!!!"

Then it was onto cleaning out the "guts".. which actually this year was carefully saved.. turkeys love pumpkin. So between the seeds and the "guts", the inside of the pumpkins were put to good use...

hello in there.... lots of seeds!!!! Abbie so enjoyed this part, (which pleases me, because even though I will do it... it's not my favorite)...

Pumpkins ready to light... hello kitty on one, and horses on the other... far cry from the old jack o lanterns....

Seeds ready to roast in the oven.. we got two full pans.. can't wait to try them....