Thursday, October 7, 2010

Geri flew in

So last night my mother in law, flew in. We hung out and chatted a bit and then it was bed time. This morning I made banana chocolate muffins and we took Austin to bouncing bears, this inflatable warehouse type place. It’s pretty fun and Austin LOVES this place! We then went clothes shopping since Geri didn’t bring a nice outfit for Kevin’s graduation. I got a hat. haha! After that, we stopped by a grocery store and I grabbed a pumpkin! Kevin came home and we all piled back into the car and went to see Toy Story 3 again at the cheaply theater! Austin loved it of course! He was so excited to see his favorite characters! We got home and carved up a pumpkin for the first time! It’s a pain in the butt!!! But still pretty neat! Whatcha think?? LOL!

Steps on how the Seidels carved their pumpkin:

  • Step one: Cut a hole using about four different types of knifes while facing the sharp blade at your mother in law and her trusting you won’t fling the blade into her face.
  • Step two: Gut out pumpkin using various methods such as ice cream scoop, cheap digging tool that mother in law breaks, and your hand while toddler says, ewwww, yucky, the whole time.

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  • Step three: Pick out each individual seed for no reason at all. Have a pumpkin patch for next year. We can wish!  Note: Can you believe how many seeds come out of a single pumpkin?! Craziness!
  • Step four: Cut out template. Not sure why Kevin took on this task but he felt like it was his duty to perform this task.

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  • Step five: Used exact-o knife to trace carefully around template (template has been taped with clear packing tape since stick dots that came with template stink!), and then a sharpie for good measure. Takes FOREVER! Pumpkins are tough to cut into with an exact-o knife.
  • Step six: Have husband cut into already made lines with saw type knife that comes in kit. Make sure you have the concentration face like Kevin here on while cutting into your pumpkin.

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  • Step seven: Finish the job you started since husband can’t follow lines, haha! No, I’m just a perfectionist. And screw it up neways. But pumpkin is carved! Apparently google says to soak pumpkin for half hour, let dry completely then vasiline it up so it won’t dry or shrink. So that’s it.
  • Step eight: Light it up!

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