Our "Bumpins"

I'm the mom that loves the idea of being fun and crafty and gives up kudos to fellow mama's who "Pin" kid-craft ideas and actually go through with them. Sure, I Google fun things to do with a two-year-old, but have I actually done any of them? Sure.

Like the time I filled a big bowl with uncooked rice and let Ryker explore in it. It's what those supermoms call a "Sensory Activity". He got a kick out of it.... for two minutes, and it took his parents 30 to clean it up and hunt down the last bits from under the stove and fridge.

Or the other day when we collected fall leaves and I wrapped them up in saran and put them in a book to flatten them and save for a craft I would find on Pinterest. I would be excited about the idea of the craft and then forget we put the leaves in the book. Two minutes later Ryker found the leaves in the book and then crumpled them up in his little fist. I found them later in the bubble dispenser of his plastic push mower.

Yesterday, I decided it was time to carve our Daddy, Mommy, Baby "Bumpins... Scerred". (Scary pumpkins or Jack-o-Lanterns)

Like most things like this, the idea of it sounds way more awesome than the actual process.

Ryker didn't love the feeling of it on his hands, but liked to use the scoop... For 10 minutes. I spent the next three hours cleaning out and carving our family of pumpkins and then roasting the seeds, which I'm totally addicted to and eating for breakfast as I write this. 

The plan was to clean them out and get them ready for us to carve when daddy got home from work. So I cleaned them out and then decided to move the process along and went ahead and carved the mommy pumpkin. Ryker came back in at some point and wanted his hand traced on his little pumpkin, which looks super cute! So I went ahead and carved it out. And then, being completely and totally over the mess and the family-fun activity, I went ahead and carved Bry's and got them the hell out of the house.

Later that night when it got dark, we bundled up, lit them up and oooh'ed and awww'ed at them for two seconds before heading back in. 

I must say they look pretty awesome.

10.24.13