That's what we usually do with the kindergarteners. [ nazuna laughs, waving his free hand as he helps to scoop out the guts of the pumpkin. he definitely has to stay on his tiptoes to get everything out, and he starts separating the pumpkin seeds away in a little pile. ]

My family used to carve a pumpkin for every kid in my family. There's eight of us, and I'm the oldest, so it was always really busy. [ he sounds fond when he says it, though. ] And then we'd roast the pumpkin seeds after!