The Great Pohnkin

Norah has been excited for weeks about carving a "pohnkin", so she was elated on Tuesday, when Jason and I told her that the time had finally come.

We googled free "pumpkin carving templates" and let Norah choose her favorite design. Then, she and Daddy headed outside to commence with the carving.

Jason explained that the first step was cleaning out the inside of the pumpkin. He unsealed the "lid", and invited Norah to "dig in" with her scoop.

After disposing of her first load of pumpkin guts, she promptly informed Jason that this was a disgusting task, much better suited for Daddies. Thankfully, he's a trooper.











It was getting chilly outside, so our daddy- daughter duo decided to bring their pumpkin carving back inside.

Norah headed to the bathtub...

Meanwhile, Daddy finished up the design she had requested.
















Needless to say, Norah loved it. She has shown everyone who's stopped by our house her "Clue's Clues Pohnkin".

As a side note, we have only seen "Blue's Clues" at most, three times, but I think she was just overjoyed to see a pumpkin template that had a kid's show motif featured on it.

Also, for the record, she knows it's really "Blue's Clues", but she insists on calling it "Clue's Clues". Haven't quite figured that one out yet...


Posing with Blue...











She's just a teensy bit crazy about her sweet Daddy. (And, come to think of it, so am I!)

We rounded out the evening by watching "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" together. I think it was my first time to ever watch it all the way through. The trick-or-treat scene where Charlie keeps getting rocks, instead of candy, made me laugh out loud. (Thanks, Beck, for giving us the head's up that it was coming on!)