Sunday, October 25, 2009

Word of the Day

It was pumpkin carving day here at Haunted House Ingy, and JR was set on carving two pumpkins. And just so we're clear on what took place today, I took the liberty of looking up the word "carve" in the dictionary of JR.
"carve"
-verb
1. to jump around the driveway excitedly
2. to scream at the neighbors across the street "I'm carving a headless horseman! It's so cool!"
3. to flutter, shimmy, and gyrate while Dad does all the actual work
4. to wince and cringe over "pumpkin guts", but agree to touching them as it was the deal that JR must touch the guts in order to carve pumpkins
5. to have pumpkin guts cause dramatics to ensue

And you know I'll always have a camera at the ready for ensuing dramatics:




And here's JR with the finished products. (You might be wondering about all the random pieces of paper on our front door. JR's been quite busy with the magic markers lately. He's decided our front door is the perfect place to showcase his artwork....yet another reason why I really don't care for our stainless steel non-magnetized refrigerator door!)


A close-up of Jason's handy work. Good job again this year, Jason!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

He's come a long way. I don't remember him ever touching the "guts" before. Maw Maw

GS said...

Quite a work of art, that finished product. All that shimmering and shaking and dancing around has e again proved to be of some benefit.

Anonymous said...

JR--I don't like touching the pumpkin
"guts" either. Jason--awesome job carving the pumpkins!
Lu