Playing With Knives

Hello, my name is Kate and I let my children play with knives.

OK, I only let the older one use them under adult supervision; but hey it was a catchy opening line.

I've let RR carve his own pumpkin for Halloween for a few years now.

Last year's pumpkin.

And this year it really seems that he has "gotten it".  I don't know if it's the age, the nap he had before carving or the wooden whittlin' badge her earned at summer camp, but it apparently something just clicked for him.

I know... its's the super extra jumbo size pumpkin he got this year.