Thursday, October 30, 2008

Eek! A Spider!

I am the room-mom in Jack's class, and as such, am partially responsible for the variety of class celebrations.  

Last night, I spent nearly 2 hours making 36 of these little darlings:


This morning, I cut up some fruit and got the games together, stashing everything in the hallway so I wouldn't forget anything, all while Grant was playing up in his room. Or so I thought.

When I went to load up the car, this is what I found:

Notice that the chocolate chips are missing off of nearly every single spider!

And look who was caught red-handed:

After severely chastising him, and sticking him in the bathroom, out of harms way (meaning out of my way), I hurried to the kitchen to throw some new spiders together before running out the door.

The party was a success - at least in the eyes of 30 5-year olds!

After the party, it was time to put on costumes and line up for the annual school Halloween Parade! Escorted by a real fire engine, and genuine motorcycle cops, all 230 students lined up, along with teachers and parents for the brief parade route through the town streets. We were accompanied by the middle school band, playing the same 3 songs over and over.

Jack is dressed as Captain America towards the back of the line.

Grant was adorable dressed as Elmo. 
He couldn't wait to get out of his costume.

Tonight we'll attend our church Halloween party, and then enjoy a candy-filled 3 day weekend. Can woman live on chocolate alone?  We shall see.



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The fact that he ate all the chocolate chips off all of the spiders still cracks me up. What a cutie. I love that you stuck him in the bathroom. I'm surprised you let me out to come with you to the parade. =o) Gotta love him!