The perversity of animate objects

Today we carved up a pumpkin (in the traditional style of Halloween and all that). Preparing for the worst, I put down a plastic mat on the floor, then put a bowl in the middle of the mat sat down, with Ted, and began scooping out pumpkin seeds. You see, nursery have told us that Ted loves messy play and I assumed that a handful of pumpkin seeds/stringy bits/flesh would be just the job.

Wrong!

Despite all encouragements in the direction of the bowl, Ted took one look at the mess I was depositing into the bowl wrinkled his nose up and crawled in the opposite direction!

*sigh*

Happy Halloween :)