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Tonight was Chris' birthday so we decided to kick off the Halloween festivities early with some pumpkin fun!! First of all Maddy and I made pumpkin cobbler for Chris' birthday 'cake'. I have never made cobbler before but it was fairly easy and incredibly delicious! While we were waiting for the cobbler to cool down to eat, we started carving our pumpkins. Chris put on our favorite Halloween movie: Ghostbusters. Liam sat in his highchair and played with a Halloween balloon. Maddy designed and carved her own pumpkin all by herself! It is seriously SO cute. She gave it freckles everywhere. I ran out of creative juices so I just did a simple face. Nothing fancy. Chris always takes carving pumpkins seriously so he took a lot of time and effort making his pumpkin into an angler fish! It is really well done. He used the stem from the pumpkin as the fishes antenna. He also made Liam's pumpkin to look like Liam. He even made one of the eyes a little droopy like Liam's. It kinda made me laugh. While Chris and Maddy were finishing off their pumpkins I gathered up all the seeds. I cleaned, buttered, salted, and finally roasted them. That is my favorite thing when we carve pumpkins. I LOVE the smell of buttery pumpkin seeds roasting in the oven. It makes fall even more real. We love fall in this household and this was a perfect way to celebrate! All in all  it was a wonderful night! Happy Birthday Christopher...

Yanking out the guts

Liam liked his pumpkin

He loved this balloon and it kept him occupied : )

Silly faces!

Yummy yummy pumpkin seeds!

We had a hard time getting them to look at the camera

Chris' is the toothy angler fish, mine is the big smiley one, Maddy's has the pretty star eyes, and Liam's is the glowing one (notice the two teeth on the bottom row and the slightly smaller left eye). Chris thinks he's hilarious...

Pumpkin cobbler