Happy Halloween!

We started Halloween in Kamdyn's class.  They were learning about chemical and physical changes in Science.  They had a Mad Science Day exploring these changes.  We made butter in my station.  

We started Halloween night at a neighbor's house for dinner then made our way through the neighborhood trick-or-treating.  We really do love this neighborhood of ours.  Our little cupcake and baker were the cutest things around!!

Neighborhood Halloween Party 2016

Colleen and I came up with this crazy idea to have a Halloween Party.  It wasn't crazy at first until we couldn't figure a way to make the party small.  Soooo, we went big.  We invited over 100 people in our neighborhood to this party.  This meant that there was over 50 kids there.  We had our ducks in a row though and it went off without a hitch.  Thankfully, one of our neighbors showed up with a megaphone.  That was just what I needed.  It definitely saved the day for organizing a large bunch of kids.  

Our activities included:

Donut eating contest (two round big/little kids) - Donuts hung from a string.  Kids had to eat them without their hands.  Powder sugar was everywhere!

Balloon Pop (two round big/little kids) - Balloon was tied to leg.  You had to pop everyone else's balloon and protect yours.  No one got hurt!  Yay!

Toilet Paper Mummy Contest - Teams had to completely roll a Dad in toilet paper.  First to use all of their toilet paper "won."  This was funny!!

Two Pinantas - Divided into age groups.

Ghost Hunt - We tied what seemed like one million tissues around dum dums for the kids to 'hunt' ghosts.  We hid these in Colleen's backyard.  The little kids especially loved this!

We ran out of time for the Whip Cream contest.  The kids were supposed to put their face in a plate of whip cream and find the piece of chocolate without using their hands.  

Everyone brought a dish to share.  We provided hot dogs, chips, smores, and activities for the kids.  

I think it turned out to be a super fun party that we hope to have annually!  

Twins!!

Declan and Campbell

My baker!

Balloon Pop

Mummy wrap!

This was the winner!!

Enjoying some dinner!

Sweetest little strawberry!

Check out that swing!

Silly Ronan!

Go Karcie!!

Finding ghosts!

Time for Smores!

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So thankful for our neighborhood friends!!

This and That

We voted early!  We didn't have to show an ID.  We didn't have to show our voter's registration card.  I could have voted for anyone in NC as long as I knew their name and address.  Say what?  Yes, how stupid is this?  Now I can see how issues with voting can and does arise.  

We hung out with the Kirks.  We took the kiddos to Trick or Treating on Salem Street and had dinner afterwards. Halloween is on the way!!

Letterland Day - Clever Cat

Letterland was so much fun for these sweet little Kinders.  They were each allowed to choose a Letterland character to dress up as.  We chose Clever Cat because my super wonderful neighbor, Colleen, made this costume last year for her daughter.  It was the cutest little costume and I am so thankful that I didn't have to create another costume.  

The festivities kicked off with a Letterland Parade.  They marched through the halls of the school with parents and students watching.  Mrs. Leach, principal, led the pack!

The rest of the day was filled with activities in each Kindergarten room.  I was in charge of the robot station.  I had 18 groups of Kindergarteners come to my station throughout the day....so I helped make a lot of robots.  It was fun though and took me back to my days as a Kindergarten teacher.  Karcie loved having me there.  

Kiley (Talking Tess) and Karcie (Clever Cat)  Kiley lives in our neighborhood.

Mrs. Leach leading the parade

Here comes Clever Cat

Karcie's teaching assistant, Ms. Poteat, was Impy Ink.

Cute little class photo!