When it comes to tradition, I am the Blair Waldorf in my family. This means that when it comes to planning Easter egg hunts, hosting Thanksgiving dinner, planning birthday parties or buying Christmas ornaments, I am your girl. I am not sure why I like tradition so much, but I always have. There’s something about it that is comforting to me. Plus any excuse to do things with the people I love just makes me happy. Imagine my excitement when my nephew suggested all on his own that we get a pumpkin while he was here last Sunday! Curt went to the store and came back with the most awesome pumpkin and a carving kit. Now, let’s be clear, this is definitely a new tradition for me. I grew up in Brazil and the only thing we do with pumpkins there is eat them. The first (and only) pumpkin I had ever carved before this was just a few years ago for a contest at work. And I can’t say we really carved it as we mostly drew on it and added ribbon for hair :) And since I was a dietitian and worked in the nutrition department, we also gave our pumpkin a feeding tube. I know, not your usual pumpkin, but it was still pretty cute :) Here’s the pattern Nate picked out: One thing I love about this little one is how certain he always is about all of his choices. He picked this pattern right away but I made him look through the whole book anyways (because I could never make a decision without checking out all of my options first). He is sweet enough to sit with me and flip through every page knowing that he won’t change his mind. So after looking through the whole book he assured me he still wanted the pattern he had already initially picked out. “Yep, I’m suuure” I love him! Taping the pattern on the pumpkin: And then taking it off… :) At first he was a little concerned with touching all the “sticky, squishy” parts… It smells good! We separated the seeds and baked them later… And since we had to wait until it got dark to light our pumpkin we moved on to some other games until then. And finally, Nathan and his first Halloween pumpkin: So fun! Love you, Nate :)