Happy Halloween!

First, I need to pause and take my dog out. 


Next, I need to fill Jake's kong with peanut butter because it is Halloween and he should get some treats too. 


Finally I'm going to start my post.


Obviously today is Halloween. As an Elementary School teacher this is a day that basically gets "mailed in" for kids. There are parade's, performances, and parties for all of the kids. To top it off, our school building decided to play a trick on all of us and lose power at some point in the wee hours of the morning. Thus, we had school sans power. Yes, there was a generator. Yes there was heat. No there were no lights in the classroom. No there were no fans to blow the heat around the rooms. Thankfully, from what I've heard, the heat was restored at 6:05 this evening and we will not have the day off tomorrow. I think now I'm sad about that...but so very glad that we are not going to have to make today up in June! I feel bad for those districts that are going on their 2nd day off tomorrow and especially bad for those that had days off for Irene. Goodbye June!


My bro-workers and I dressed up as crayons. One of the ladies purchased the materials and over the last week did a lot of work to make them come alive! We all had a different color shirt that had stripes and said crayola with a matching hat that was to simulate the tip of the crayon. It was cute to see the kids reactions ("hey, you're a crayon!" or "there's another one!"). This is a costume that I will keep and hopefully next year we can repeat...but maybe make a box for us all to pose behind for our photo op. 

On the way home from work I told Jesse I was sick of facebook. He got excited. Then I said I wanted a Mighty Meal from McDonald's and his excitement disappeared. He didn't think I was serious though, because he drove right by. So as a compromise we had chicken patties for dinner. I also had a kumato and mozzarella cheese on the side. My belly is now sufficiently full - maybe too full! 


We had a special visit from the Westfield's - they stopped by with the kids for some trick-or-treating. Lots of pictures were taken and hopefully I'll get my hands on some so I can share :)