How to carve a pumpkin...

 1. Start taking out the goop and seeds from inside.

 2. Ask Daddy, "Did we get it all?"

 3. Maybe have Daddy check while you use your fingers.

 4. Use a spoon as it's really goopy.

 5. Don't forget to reach to the very back.

 6. Stick out your tongue for extra measure.

 7. Watch Daddy do the cutting with a knife and a stencil.

8. Light a candle and smile!

A Classroom of Two: Fall Fingerpainting

I found this idea on Pinterest and thought it would be something E would really enjoy doing one morning while J snoozed.  So last Friday, we filled the sink with soapy water, squeezed dollops of Dollar Store paint onto a plastic lid, and went to work. 

She was SO proud of her finished fall tree!  And I realized in a fresh new way why finger painting was always a center in Kindergarten and not a whole class art project :).