Yes, I know Benjamin is two years old and he is about to celebrate his third Halloween. However, this is the first year he had his own pumpkin to carve, for two reasons: 1) he is old enough to understand the concept, and 2) we grew a boatload of the giant orange gourds in our garden this summer. Since we had such a bountiful crop, we invited the cousins and grandparents over for some chili (I thought it was fitting that the secret ingredient was pumpkin ), cornbread, and a little jack-o-lantern fun. Did you know that you can't use just any ol' knife for pumpkin carving? Here I thought my Henkles knife set would work just fine, but apparently I was wrong. After a few moments of panic (I hate not being prepared, especially when three adorable little faces were staring at me, the pumpkins all lined up in front of them), Nathan came to the rescue by running to the store and buying a couple of kits, complete with utensils and patterns. While he did that, the ...
Learning to love myself in the messiness of life.