What a fun week this has been!
First off...costumes. This has been the subject of discussion for several, yes, SEVERAL months. After much deliberation, Zerin decided to be Percy Jackson from the ever popular book series and sort of almost cool movie. Liah wanted to be Hermione from Harry Potter. Aeden wanted to be Luke Skywalker, from, wait, another movie. Asher wanted to be Harry Potter, from, oh wait that's obvious. And Belen gets to be a bunny because, well, that's the only girl costume I had in her size already ;) Poor 5th children anyway. I promise, I will let her choose at some point.
Monday for family night we carved pumpkins. They all turned out pretty amazing I must say! Bryan was especially proud of his, I mean Aeden's ;)
Many people have asked (since these pics have already been on facebook) what it is Aeden was wearing. That's a funny story. It was supposed to be this big snow storm...the FIRST snow storm. So when he woke up, he ran and got himself dressed, but I couldn't see his shirt, because he came down wearing a coat, hat, gloves and boots. Every five minutes he wanted to know if it had snowed yet. By dinner time, I think he realized that Brother Eubank was once again mistaken, and he took off the coat to reveal this beauty. His Sunday sweater with, yep, you guessed it, a snowflake on the middle. His snow shirt. If any of you have seen "Keeping up appearances" on the BBC you may recognize this fellow...I don't know, what do you think???
Yesterday, Liah had her 1st grade Halloween Program...she was so cute :) She has been SO excited for this program. For weeks, she has been singing constantly and making up new dance routines to the songs (I know they are new because they were WAY more complicated than what she actually performed!).
The 1st graders all paraded into the lunchroom in their costumes. The parents all were seated around the perimeter and in a line up the middle. The kids went around the room singing their cute halloween songs, and since they kept moving around, we got to see Liah quite a bit. Except she was so nervous that she had to be watching the teacher, we had a hard time catching her eye. I did get it on video, but considering Asher, Belen, and Aeden were all climbing on me, I'm don't know how much of HER I actually got. Grandma Skelton was able to come, so I'm pretty sure there will be at least one good picture thankfully :) Seriously though, how do people keep track of their little kids, watch their older kids, and take pictures at the same time? If there weren't so many blogs out there proving me wrong, I would think it was impossible ;)
Afterwards, Zerin and Liah had their class parties. I wasn't able to go since I had all the kids, but I was able to take some stuff to use in the parties, so it was nice to feel a part of things, and get a glimpse of their daylight hours. I told one of the other moms I know I'll get to be useful in their classrooms at some point, but for now, I get to be a sideline worker, which is just fine.
That night, we all went to the school carnival. The kids had saved and saved and each had bought $5 worth of tickets. It was such a good experience, and it was so wonderful to see how much more wisely most of them spent their tickets compared to last year when I bought them all. Progress is nice :) And there is just something magical about a school carnival. I am so so so glad that my kids have the opportunity to make these wonderful memories.
Today there was no school, but it was hardly a day off. We were all working like crazy to transform our home into Hogwarts for our annual Halloween Party, which this year had a Harry Potter theme. We played around 8 games, but the biggest hit by far was when we played Beanboozled. It's like those Bertie Botts beans from Harry Potter, only the good tasting ones and the nasty ones look exactly the same, so you aren't sure what you are getting, even if you look at the cheat sheet. The flavors were centipede or strawberry jam, coconut or baby wipes, buttered popcorn or moldy cheese, peach or vomit, licorice or skunk spray, etc. There was lots of spitting and gagging :) They all got to choose a wand, and I think (hope) they all had a good time.
Tomorrow comes more parties, and trick or treating, and the lighting of our cute little jacket-y lanterns.
And Monday?! Monday brings Christmas music, and I can hardly wait :)
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