It's Sunday night at the Springer household. The kids have eaten dinner and taken their baths. Scott and I unveil the evening's activity, sure to be the highlight of our weekend. We have purchased a pumpkin-carving kit and are planning a magical night creating the first-ever Springer Jack-O-Lantern. Scott - always the artist and perfectionist - has found the perfect design for our pumpkin after an extensive web search.
Scott's job is to carve; Jackson has the important responsibility of digging out the pumpkin seeds and other gunk. We have equipped our little boy with a small shovel. Jack can barely contain his excitement; he yells at Scott to hurry and finish carving the top so that he can begin his important task!
It's all downhill from here... Jackson's enthusiasm is quickly replaced with waves of nausea as he inhales the pumpkin-gunk aroma. He throws up once, but we don't see him hurl and assume the yucky stuff is just part of the pumpkin guts. Thirty seconds later, he throws up a second time. We begin to suspect the smell is making him sick. Our hypothesis is confirmed a minute later when he throws up a third time. I pick him up and put him back in the tub before completing the arduous task of cleaning up pumpkin guts AND Jackson's guts!
Scott finishes carving the pumpkin by himself. Jackson loves looking at the Jack-O-Lantern (he wants to go out on the porch several times a day to visit it). But, he's scared of it, always remarking, "that hurts my tummy" and insisting that Mom or Dad hold him!
Perhaps not the pumpkin-carving experience we had imagined, but a memorable one nonetheless!
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I am blessed witht the sweetest family, and the most loving wife the planet has to offer!
um--yucky!!!! poor jackson. so does your pumpkin give off scary vomit aroma when lit?
that is so sad and funny at the same time...poor Jackson....who would've thought that would happen?
Too funny Katy. Who would have guessed. I'm sure it will be a fun memory at least.
I have the same reaction reading this when I see someone fall down... you feel bad to laugh, but once you know they're okay, it becomes hilarious.
Glad Jackson's okay - such a funny story.
Oh my goodness! We were totally laughing and feeling bad for Jackson at the same time! At least he still likes it even though it "hurt his tummy" :-)
Oh Jackson, poor boy. It's great that he wanted to stick with after the first time. Maybe next year will be different. By the way, your kiddos were darling in their Halloween costumes!
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