Grandpa's Pumpkin Party

Every year Grandpa Dearden has a pumpkin patch for the grandkids. The last few years Grandpa gave the pumpkins to the kids and they took them home to decorate. This year Grandma Dearden scheduled a pumpkin decorating party. First things first, the kids chose their pumpkins that they would decorate.
Then they went to work. Jami is putting some finishing touches on the witches hat.
Even the grown-ups got in on the fun. I'm not sure who had more fun, the grandkids or the grown kids.
Look out Jami has a carving tool. She did a really good job. Mom thought she would help out with a steak knife and found out it wasn't necessary, Jami had done a through job. She's pretty independent.
Cole had to poke a lot of little holes to mark the pattern for his pumpkin. Then the trick is remembering which part gets cut out and which part stays. We had a little mix up on the eyes, but caught it in time save the decoration.

One of Grandpa's pumpkins was bigger than the rest. Grandpa wanted to be fair, so before the kids got to the party Grandpa chose a number and taped it to the pumpkin. He then covered the pumpkin and had the kids draw numbers out of a hat to see which lucky grandkid would get the grand pumpkin.
The unveiling............Drum Roll please.....................................and the winner is..............................
The one and only grandson.................Cole Combe!
Jami says these pumpkins belong to cousins Ashley and Avery, I can't remember. That's Avery in the background so I'll bet Jami's right. (Don't let her know that though, she thinks she's always right.)

Cole & Jami with their finished products. They turned out pretty awesome. Jami's is an original freehand design by none other than Jami Lee Combe. Cole's is from a pattern that claimed to be"easy". Maybe easy for Edward Scissorhands, like I said we had trouble with the eyes, but it turned out awesome.

The full Jack-o-lantern effect. It's a little blurry but it's the photo that turned out the best.

The grandkids had a great time and can't wait until they get to do it again.