Happy Halloween part 1

Today is my Dad's birthday!  Sam is also a bit under the weather, so she stayed home from school.  I hope we can still go trick or treating.  Bad timing on her part since today was her leader day at school, which includes leading the line, prayer and show and tell.

We have been celebrating Fall and Halloween a lot.  I posted about the corn maize, well here is more.


Sam's class had a pumpkin day.  And since mom could watch Zoey, I was able to volunteer.  Sam ended up a little upset since she had to leave me, but she was fine after I was gone.

They had pumpkin seeds and pumpkin pudding as a snack.

Orange playdoh.  Parents make all the dough, with new dough every month with a new color.

I was in charge of helping one of Sam's teachers, Mrs. Davis, with pumpkin investigation.  The kids picked on to weigh and then compared it to a toy.  They also measured how fat one was.

All of the pumpkins to weigh and measure.

I love that she gets these hands on experiences, but I do feel her curriculum is lacking.  I know a bit more why from going in.  A lot of the kids are not very verbal and not great at following directions.  So many are not ready to focus on true learning.  We are investigating other options and hope for a magnet or charter school lottery win.  Please wish us luck on this as it stresses me out a lot.

We also had a trunk or treat event for my moms club.  We volunteered at one at the YMCA to get use of their space for our Christmas party, but it was so crazy that I did not even try to take pictures.

But here is our moms club one.

Zoey has some friends to play with, or crawl away from.

Face painting.

A hay stack to find treats in.

Nick making fun of the tiny bubbles Sam found.

Zoey.  You can really see 4 of her teeth.

 Zoey would not look at the camera.  But Mama, there is a pumpkin to play with!

Pumpkin bowling.

 Fishing for treats.

Our trunk.  I was lame, but I went with Pumpkin Safari.  No prizes for me.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!