My family did something like this. My oldest wanted pumpkin pie for his 5th birthday. He decided that 7 months in advance. He picked out pumpkin seeds on a trip to the grocery store. He insisted we start the seeds about a month earlier than recommended, same with setting out. But those plants gave us some nice big pumpkins and he got his pumpkin pie.

Now my wife is trying pretty much every pumpkin recipe she can find to burn through our supply 😅