Tiniest Jack-O-Lantern

Tonight, I carved a pumpkin at the dinner table. It was so small that it fit in the palm of our hands which made the girls doubt that it could be done. Not only were they surprised when the pumpkin adorned a cute little face, they were very surprised to see all of the seeds and pulp. All three girls have seen a larger pumpkin carved this week in their classrooms. It was fun to watch them discover the tiniest pumpkins have the same features as the larger pumpkins, just in a smaller format.

Here is our tiny masterpiece.

Pumpkin Patch

I went to the pumpkin patch with my oldest today.  It seems like the little girls have had ample opportunity to find their pumpkins for carving.  School seems to get in the way of this for Savannah.  So, instead of just buying one for her, we stopped by a local farm and picked one out.

It just so happened that this outing coincided with her classroom exploration of pumpkins.  Multiple pumpkins were brought into Savannah's classroom and the students collected data on their weight, circumference, and seed count.  It was fun to watch Savannah put her knowledge to work in the real world as she examined the pumpkin she picked out today.  Upon plopping it onto the scale, she noticed it was very close in weight to that of her school pumpkin.  This connection made her predict that there would be close to 500 seeds, the number she retrieved out of her 14 pound pumpkin at school.

While it was a nice school to world connection, it was also a nice mommy to daughter connection.  We had fun playing on the playground, checking out the farm animals and sampling the cider doughnuts.  Moments like these remind of how important it is to spend time with my kids individually.  It certainly gave Savannah an added boost today.