Crisman Elementary Halloween Party

I completely understand that we don't want our kids to eat sugar all day, but schools seem to be getting a little rediculous. I wish I could give my daughter some cupcakes or cookies for her party but they aren't on the approved-foods list. In fact, the only things on that list are pre-packaged crackers, pre-packaged carrots and celery sticks, and I think pretzels. Caida has a halloween party today but she is not allowed to wear a costume unless it is during the hours of 2 and 3. Then she has to take her costume off before she can get on the bus. They are not allowed to wear any face paint (not even cute little freckles :( ) or have fake tatoos, nothing violent looking, no fake blood or zombies...I'm suprised they allow stickers. haha.
Anyway, Caida's witch costume has a lot of lace and is very hard to put on, even with help from me, but she still wanted to look pretty for her party. It was fun putting things together that fit the dress code, and I think she still ended up looking awesome! I know that school rules are becoming more strict everywhere, but I can't wait for her year at Crisman to be over with, so we can find her a better school! Even with that being said, she is going to rock her halloween party and have tons of fun. I am so happy she is in kindergarten this year, and she gets to experience all these awesome activities. :)

Caida's Tournament and Pumkpin Patch

Caida's tournament was really just the last game of the sseason and at the end they handed out participation trophies and, what seemed to be much more important, hotdogs! I was so proud of Caida. She actually kicked the ball once. It only went about 3 feet but everyone cheered like she was the best player out there. Partially because the other parents knew Caida never kicked the ball, and the other part of it was because she had just gotten hit in the face by the soccer ball and everyone was really excited when she stuck her thumbs up in the air to say she was okay and staying in the game! I can't wait to figure out what she is doing next...probably not soccer, though. LOL

Then we went out to Steak N' Shake and we all got very unhealthy, but awesome tasting shakes. After everyone got so full they thought they may explode, we went to the pumpkin patch around here. It was big, very commercial. Pretty pricey but pretty fun, too. I wish we could have stayed longer and done more, but the activities weren't very interactive anyway and everyone was so tired from the long day. Next year we will do our research a little better but we definitely had a good time just being outside and doing something different!






My pumpkin may look lumpy, but it actually resembles a skull quite a bit, so we will have to see how creative I can get when we carve pumpkins this weekend. Halloween is on a Sunday this year and Caida has Friday and Monday off for the fall break. Should make for an interesting weekend. So excited!!!