Boston's Fall Party

This year, I am the "Room Parent" for Boston's kindergarten class... yah, I know, I'm nuts!! Anyway, for the fall party last month, we had a great time! Because kindergarten is only a half day, the party was at 9:00 am so I was concerned about what we could do to entertain these 30 five & six year olds without overloading them on sugar so early in the morning!! So, instead of the old "stand-by" decorating sugar cookies, we made "pumpkin pancakes" and decorated them! The kids had a ball and the pancakes were a hit! (Plus, the room smelled delish after cooking them all morning!) We also had them make crazy spider hats with crinkle legs (see pic above) and also do an "Itsy-Bitsy spider" craft.

Here is my sister in law Melinda and our cousin Cole.... then, here is a pic of one of Boston's little friends and his pumpkin pancake!












To top off our great day of festivities, "Little Miss Muffet" (the Spider Lady) came to our class! It was really cool for the kids to learn about tarantulas and other "creepy-crawlies". But the BEST part was she brought her pet tarantula "Rosie" with her! The kids got to pet her and LOVED it.... I seriously thought I was going to die just knowing it was in the room with us!!! AHHH!!! I HATE tarantulas!!









The party, and the spider, were a big hit! It's a good day when you can say that about a class full of 30 kindergartners, one stressed-out-under-paid teacher and a couple of frazzled moms smeared with pancake batter and Elmer's glue! WAHOOOO!!! Done and Done!!!