It’s time for another life story. What’s a life story? Well it’s a personal project that I and a group of wonderful photographers are doing. It’s a great way for us to capture our own lives every month. At the end of post we are each linking to another photographer. It’s a whole big circle of stories in pictures. If you are new or want to see my past life stories here they are.
We did something a little different this year for our pumpkins. In the past the children will pick out a pattern and then watch as sharp objects are used to carve them. Since the eldest is only 3 this results in a lot of “I can do it myself”. This is of course followed by the obligatory “No you will poke your eye out let momma poke her eye out instead”. It’s guaranteed that the cheap pumpkin carving kit tools will break five minutes into the process. We will then be left using a carving knife from the butcher block. Usually it takes so long that the kids have to go to bed and daddy is left to slave over some intricate Elmo carving. Where is the family love in that? No offense Elmo, we love you – especially in this house. However, I love my sanity more.
This year I decided our pumpkins were going to be something the children could do from start to finish themselves. My only goal was for us to enjoy the activity as a family. A side bonus was I able to document the entire process since I wasn’t actually doing the work 
Now if you happen to see similar pumpkins in Olathe, KS somewhere then you will know where we live because I’m sure these are umm one of a kind! No seriously this project was definitely a winner. The kids had fun, were allowed to make a mess and mom didn’t yell when they tried to grab a butcher knife. Maybe one day we will go back to carving pumpkins but for now this is ok in our books.
Now make sure to check out the next photographer in the chain – the Minnetonka MN Photographer – Amy Duffing of 3 Peas Photography and see her life story this month!
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