{"id":2707,"date":"2013-10-29T19:41:07","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T00:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=2707"},"modified":"2013-11-03T21:54:54","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T02:54:54","slug":"pumpkin-carving-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2013\/10\/pumpkin-carving-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Carving Time!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2829.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2711\" alt=\"DSC_2829\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2829-1024x678.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2829-1024x678.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2829-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Better late than never, right?<\/p>\n<p>Timmy and I enjoyed carving our four pumpkins this afternoon. I&#8217;m so proud of Timmy, this year he offered to do\u00a0<em>everything<\/em> but got really nervous about gutting the pumpkins. So I did it for him&#8230;because I&#8217;m a sucker for that stuff.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><figure id=\"attachment_2708\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2708\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2826.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2708\" alt=\"Cutting out his Nyan Cat.\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2826-1024x678.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2826-1024x678.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2826-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cutting out his Nyan Cat.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2716\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2716\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2841.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2841-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"The finished Nyan Cat.\" width=\"630\" height=\"417\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2716\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2841-1024x678.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2841-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The finished Nyan Cat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2709\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2709\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2827.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2709\" alt=\"He did everything except for the gutting of the pumpkin. He looked so squeamish I felt sorry for him and took over.\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2827-1024x678.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2827-1024x678.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2827-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">He did everything except for the gutting of the pumpkin. He looked so squeamish I felt sorry for him and took over.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2712\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2837.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2712\" alt=\"After carving the pumpkins, we moved outside to plant some flowers in two of them.\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2837-1024x678.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2837-1024x678.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2837-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After carving the pumpkins, we moved outside to plant some flowers in two of them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2713\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2713\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2838.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2713\" alt=\"I'm so proud of Timmy!\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2838-1024x678.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2838-1024x678.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2838-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;m so proud of Timmy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2717\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2842.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2717\" alt=\"Do you like the jack o' lantern yakking up the flower?\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2842-1024x678.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2842-1024x678.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2842-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Do you like the jack o&#8217; lantern yakking up the flower?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2715\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2840.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2840-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"My contribution, I used a stencil from an Angry Birds pumpkin carving kit. It comes with a fantastic fine-pattern cutting tool.\" width=\"630\" height=\"417\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2715\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2840-1024x678.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_2840-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My contribution, I used a stencil from an Angry Birds pumpkin carving kit. It comes with a fantastic fine-pattern cutting tool.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Better late than never, right? Timmy and I enjoyed carving our four pumpkins this afternoon. I&#8217;m so proud of Timmy, this year he offered to do\u00a0everything but got really nervous about gutting the pumpkins. 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