I decided my pirate costume was missing a sidekick, but there were no parrots, monkeys or snakes to be found.  So, I carved myself a very jolly pirate pumpkin.

I’m afraid he may have gotten a bit carried away with his role…

We had to hide the kitchen knives, and our son (who’s pumpkin you see at the end of the knife) threatened to put him in a pie.  Unfortunately, all our threats had no effect, and he seems to have run away with most of the Halloween candy.  If you see a chortling pirate pumpkin rolling down the street with all the kids’ booty, be sure to let us know!

In the mean time, I made them pumpkin pancakes with chocolate features–

just in case my pirate pumpkin had my help making off with the Halloween goodies!

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