Soccer was cancelled, so I decided it was time to carve our pumpkin. I learned my lesson from carving it too early last year.
I cut it open and told the boys to scoop it out.
Shane lasted about 30 seconds (if that).
Raheem was a little smarter. He picked the pumpkin up to the trashcan to scoop out the innards directly. I congratulated him for figuring out what I was going to do.
Rah's attention lasted about a minute. Then they rode bikes.
I ended up doing the scooping.
I messaged Silas to ask if he was a covert pumpkin artist. He wasn't, but he came up the street with Zora. She ran around, Silas played basketball with Raheem, and Shane and I worked on the pumpkin.
Shane drew a design on one side. I twirled it around and made it a little clearer and then let him work on carving.
Both boys wanted in on the final picture.
Ryan came out with Appa and the dogs had a after-pumpkin play party.
Favorite moment: Shane threw his slingshot ball-toy at Zora. Shane realized his mistake instantaneously. Zora scooped up the ball and took off running with Appa chasing after.
Turns out, Shane can't outrun a dog. He should have thought before he acted on that one.
We laughed and let them all run around until Zora (half-exhausted) stopped for a breather near Silas. He fished out the ball and dropped the slobber covered mess into Shane's hand.
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