Candy Crazies. . .Otherwise known as Halloween

There is a first year teacher/first time mommy next door to me at school. Today after our 8th graders were BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS from candy contraband contamination snuck into school under the cover of backpacks she said, “I don’t even want to imagine what it’s like to have Halloween on a day other than Friday.” To which I replied, “Don’t. Just. Don’t. It’s too horrid to describe.” Teachers dream of years with Halloween on a Friday. Today, our dreams have come true.

My fellow Americans and action adventure buffs, I give you Sarah Palin (’cause they were all out of Wonder Woman, so we used what we had) and Indiana Jones.

And this is what you do when you (meaning The Daddy) don’t have time to carve the pumpkin this year.

Thad and the Transformers Save the Pilgrims Re-Post

Originally posted October, 2006

To engender more autumnal holiday cheer (and ’cause I liked ‘em), I bought these

Aren’t they cute. . .all nesting and the like. So, I get them out to let the kids play with them today. . .then we have 2 soccer games, etc. They are both loving soccer, but watching his sister’s team play is not Thad’s favorite way to spend an hour. . .lots of whining about going to the playground ensues. So, today I came prepared with these mini Transformers

’cause it was worth the $3.59 to give him something to do. He enjoyed the Transformers AND the soccer game today. Therefore, I enjoyed the soccer game too.

Now he is in the floor with the Transformers and the holiday decorations singing a song–words and tune of his own creation–that goes something like. . .

“Transformers in the Pilgrim house.
Transformers in the Pilgrim house.
Gonna blow the roof off and safe the Pilgrims.
Gonna blow the roof off (*BOOM*) and save the Pilgrims. . .
In. . . the. . .house. . .”

He continued, but I can’t relate the rest. Then he began begging anyone who walked through the room to play Transformers. . .where the other person always gets to be the bad guy. Thad likes to save the Pilgrims, I suppose, while someone else destroys them.

The Transformers will receive double duty in church tomorrow. . .and hopefully in addition to destroying the roofs of Pilgrim dwellings then SAVING the distraught Pilgrims, they will also be able to keep my five year old on the pew. I guess I could do the cost analysis to see if it has truly been worth the $3.59, but I’m sayin’ it is/was/will be.

It most definitely WAS worth the $3.59. Just sayin’. . .