Pumpkin Purée

What do you do the day before thanksgiving when you aren't traveling or preparing for visitors or baking for a family get together?

You make pumpkin purée from your Halloween pumpkins!

Cole was a good, engaged (albeit messy) helper in the kitchen. Notice in the picture above, he "hooked" (as he said) the stems of the pumpkins on the bowl. 

Projects like this always take longer than I think they will. And there is always some opportunity cost - in this case, I forwent a shower, emptying the dishwasher and doing the laundry, going to the bank - leaving my afternoon a little less relaxing. Was it worth it? For the memories? For the pumpkin scones? Maybe...