Pumpkin party

Had sister, niece, and nephew here to help carve pumpkins. It is Nephew's 1st Halloween. We ate supper of KFC 1st and had to ask not to drop food all over the floor cause I just vacuumed recently. Nephew is learning manners like not to open every drawer and door in someone else's home. I had the place dark to show off my Halloween tree lights and light up witch crashing in the wall decoration. Nephew had to turn all the lights on. I'm getting use to saying "Paws off" and "No" when ruining his exploration. Nephew loves pointing out my cats. He calls cats Sammie, which is their cat's name. Big cat meowing to go out is Precious and one running away under the couch is Frodo. In the bathroom, Nephew keeps dropping my hand towels on the floor when he is down with them.




After table cleared, I ask Niece to get a towel since sister forgot the newspaper. She gets my bath towel from the bathroom. I meant my makeshift linen closet of open shelves in the hallway. Niece draws a face on one pumpkin and I do the other. I do jig-jag design at the top to their amazement. I'm not Daddy who does a straight circle. Daddy also carves 1st, scoop out later. I scoop first and carve later. I explain again that I'm not Daddy and sister explains people do things their own way, just differently. That's okay. Then the kids don't want to get their hands dirty and icky. Niece wants to draw all over the pumpkins cause she's bored, and wants to watch a movie instead of this. My sister says she did not drive clear across town to watch movies. Nephew enjoys the scoop and shares with Niece. We try to say It's fun to get dirty and messy. Nephew wants to carve instead of scoop. I sharply say no. We get most of them done when time to go. Bedtime is soon. I finish up and stand proud of my pumpkins.