Jack-O-Lantern

Every year, I look forward to carving a Jack-O-Lantern

and Kate was looking forward to it this year, too.

In fact, she had been asking about it a couple of times a day

over the last few days.

So, we were really excited when we began our pumpkin-carving project

after church today.

BUT then Kate touched the pumpkin innards for the first time

and our fun was officially over.

After that, we managed to extract

one half-smile from her...

BUT, the pictures below better represent her true feelings

about pumpkin carving.

Oh well! I forged ahead and

I'm pretty pleased with the result.

Hopefully we'll have more fun next year!