And the finished masterpieces!
I did also buy a pie pumpkin at the grocery store and the pies turned out well, I think! J and E seem to really like it. I forgot to take a picture before we cut into it. I also sloshed it a bit going into the oven so part of the crust is a little burned. I'm happy with the results! We might even do it again another year. :)
As for the carving idea... well... I bought the pumpkin too early for our lovely Texas heat. It was sitting out in the front flowerbed for a while. One night when Big J came home from work he thought to test it to see if it was even still carve-able. Not so much. With very little force, Big J's finger went right through. He showed the kids at which point R gave the pumpkin another 'eye' hole. The following morning our sprinklers ran and that was the final undoing of said pumpkin. Yesterday Big J shoveled the sad smelly thing up and deposited it into our compost pile. Maybe we'll try the carving idea next year. 2 out of 3 pumpkin projects were successful - works for me!
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