<p>I didn&#8217;t think Maddie was going to be much into carving pumpkins, but after a visit to my mom&#8217;s house and Maddie&#8217;s fascination with her pumpkins, I thought I should cut one open and see what Maddie thought of them. </p>
<p>Here is Maddie enjoying my mom&#8217;s pumpkins that my brother and his friend carved. (WARNING….There are lots of pictures in this post!)</p>
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<p>So I put down some towels and newspaper and cut the top off a pumpkin to see what she would do. We even took out the video camera, but it wasn&#8217;t nearly as exciting as we thought it would be. </p>
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<p>She liked the stem. She didn&#8217;t really like touching the pumpkin guts. But she LOVED the newspaper! Overall, it was a good time. And not nearly as messy as I was expecting!</p>
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