Ahh...Halloween in Kindergarten. Such a delight - NOT! I'm lucky to have survived the day. It's always wild but usually fun. Not this year. We have a "non-celebrator" in the room. That meant we had zero fun. We don't usually do anything scary but we read the fun books and dance to the Batty Bat and make a cool book about what everyone is going to be on Halloween. However this year there was none of that. I don't think I even said the word "Halloween" out loud in the classroom this year. Kind of bums me out. It's not that big of a deal. Our school outlawed Halloween parties. It still would have been fun to do the other stuff, though.
And, the bumming by the holiday continued on the home front as well. I bought Elvis' costume. I practiced trick-or-treating with him (using his communication board). I did all the "work" involved in the holiday. Alli and Boy Wonder did the fun part. They took him "trunk-or-treating" at a local church. (BW's family went along. I wasn't invited, even though they took my van.) I did request they take him by my mom's house. I guess I wasn't specific enough, as they technically took him by my mom's house. They just called her and had her come see him in the driveway. They made my 71 year old mother go down a flight of outdoor stairs at night rather than walking their 20 year old butts up to her. I can't believe Mom delivered their treats (She had a treat for them, as well as for Elvis.) I'd have told them if they didn't care enough to get out of the vehicle to just do without.
So, everyone was out celebrating and I was home...alone...watching idiots on the Food Network build a 19 foot replica of Mickey Mouse out of popcorn. Happy Halloween, All!
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Years of living with kids from the foster care system have made me a little nuts. Despite having adopted some kids, they constantly remind me, in so many little subversive ways, that I'm not the REAL momma and I never will be, no matter how hard I try.
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- Alli - 23 year old daughter. She came to me at 15 as an emergency foster placement. She had a 2 month old micro-preemie son at the time.
- Baby Blair - Daughter of Alli. Born at 21 weeks gestation, she lived just minutes but has had a huge impact on all our lives.
- Beth - 20 year old daugher. Bio sister of Alli. She came to me about a month before her 14th birthday. I legally adopted her when she was sixteen.
- Boy Wonder - 26 year old son-in-law (husband of Alli). He is the father of Baby Blair and Miss Piggy.
- Cori - 18 year old former foster daughter. I've been in and out of her life since she was 9. She was recently adopted by a family that lives far away but I still hear from her on a semi-regular basis.
- Elvis - My 7 year old grandson. Alli's son. He was born at 26 weeks gestation and spent 4 months in NICU. At 6, he's non-verbal, doesn't walk, and his arms don't work well, either. Despite all that, he's AWESOME!
- Me - 42 year old single foster/adoptive mom. I teach school by day and deal with my wonderful, wacky (wacko?) family in my off-hours.
- Miss Piggy - Daughter of Alli and Boy Wonder. She was born July 1, 2009. She's walking everywhere and loves to dance. Lately, she's really gotten into dolls, saying "Baby!" whenever she sees one.
- Spider-Pig - 21 year old boyfriend of Beth. He's lasted longer than most of her other boyfriends added together. We'll see where this relationship goes. (Thanks to Mongoose for giving him his blog name. He'd love it, I'm sure.)
- SpiderPiglet - 8 month old daughter of Beth and SpiderPig. She's cute as a button and starting to get really mobile.
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6 comments:
Ew. I cannot believe how inconsiderate these guys are to you. :(
Wow, they really suck! I hope you at least ate yourself some fun-size candy bars like I did!
This year my 18 and 20 year olds ate the 5 bags of candy before Halloween and then whined because we didn't have any for them last night... I went out and bought candy on sale today FOR MYSELF... too bad they ate it all.
The littles went to a church event and got oodles, but the bigs were out of luck... I think something happens around 14 (spinal chord seperates from brain) and selfishness kicks in big-time...
You guys shouldn't be so quick to judge those kids. We only read one side of the story. EVERY BODY at some point in their life gets a touch of selfishness.
How about a "Happy Harvest" or Fall celebration party instead of a Halloween party at the school? Changing of the seasons is something everyone can celebrate no matter what their spiritual beliefs :-)
In the past we've done Harvest parties or fall parties or even farm parties. However, the kids still know it's Halloween and we end up with Halloween foods and treats. Since our school system only allows 3 parties a year, our school nixed Halloween all together and we will party at Christmas, Valentine's Day, and the end of the school year. Still not sure what I'll do with my "non-celebrator" those days but I'll figure it out.
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