More Halloween Festivities

I found some cute ideas for silly Halloween-type dishes that I wanted to try, so we had a somewhat festive dinner the other night.  I made some cute little mashed-potato ghosts with black beans for eyes and pumpkins which are sun-dried tomato tortillas with some cream cheese spread on them and rolled up with a sprig of parsley stuck on top.  We also had little pizza pockets that were supposed to have little Halloween shapes painted on top with egg white, but I was too lazy to actually paint the shapes.

I wasn't sure what E would think, but I didn't really consider the reaction that occurred.  He just stared in horror at his mashed-potato ghost and started weeping and saying he was nervous.  He then requested that I "t-round the ghost" (turn around the ghost).  I showed him it was just pretend and that we could smash him and eat him, but he would not rest until I removed the eyes.

 I'm a bad mom.  I should've not been taking pictures but it was kind of funny.

 Then he really didn't like when there was a whole pizza pan full of ghosts staring at him so he said "Mommy, pease t-round the ghosts, oh pease."  So I did, but then periodically through dinner I would swivel the plate around...just to see if he would notice.  And he did.  Like I said, bad mom.  I like to torment my children.

 Later festivities included pumpkin carving.  E wanted a knife with all his young boy heart, but I wouldn't allow it.  He got a blunt-edged scooper instead.  I guess I'm not a completely terrible mother.

 We asked him to hold on really tight to baby Sammi for the picture, and this is what he did: 

"Look ma, no hands!"  (He didn't say that, but his expression is screaming it.)

 Then he decided to cooperate and be a nice big brother.