Halloween Fun at Home

Last night I made pumpkin pancakes. I should have made them with real pumpkin, but that didn't happen. I just made regular pancake batter and divided it, then colored the larger portion orange and the smaller portion green. Then I made pumpkin shapes on the griddle and after I turned them over I put chocolate chip faces on them. They turned out pretty good and the kids really liked them. The chocolate chips melted pretty quick so some of us just spread the chocolate around the pancake, and others ate it just like it was. The kids did ask for syrup but I did tell them no. With the chocolate chips they really didn't need anything else on top.

Stephen thought we needed a picture with something scary in it.

After our unhealthy supper (is there anything healthy about Halloween?) we watched It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow narrated by Bing Crosby. The kids had never seen the Legend of Sleepy Hollow and kept complaining that it wasn't a Halloween show. I had to keep saying, "just wait." I think they believed me by the end. I really like that cartoon because even though it is a little scary it is still really funny at the same time so even Naomi was not bothered. She just thought it was funny!