The first grade at Shelby’s school has a “Pumpkin Partner” day where each child has someone come up to school and help them decorate a pumpkin to display in the cafeteria the week of Halloween. The students bring their own pumpkins and décor, and use the last hour of one day to do this decorating.
So, Mommy took off work a little early and headed out to be Shelby’s pumpkin partner last Tuesday.
On Monday Shelby and I headed to Hobby Lobby to come up with some supplies and an idea for our pumpkin. We decided to paint the pumpkin like a candy corn (which Shelby loves) and write “I {heart} Candy” on the pumpkin using hot glued candy corn. We painted the pumpkin the night before and the next morning we found out that tempera paint on a pumpkin doesn’t work, as it was all flaky and peeling off all over. Luckily we had an extra pumpkin, so we started with a clean slate at school!
Shelby had fun with candy corn, glitter paint, ribbon, and sharpies, while mommy helped handle the hot glue gun. She decided to use a pattern of ribbon, glitter, and candy corn to write the word “candy.”
On the back of the pumpkin, she just had to write “I Love You!”
Shelby and her “pumpkin partner:”
Shelby proud of her pumpkin on the stage:
Later that week, Coleman’s school had their annual Halloween candy walk, which we have been a part of for the past 5 years. You can see pictures from 2009 here and 2008 here, and well, the other years are just not blogged. (How dare I miss those?!)
This year is special because after 5 years, it is our LAST YEAR. Daddy took the morning off work to do this with our little Ninja!
The Stepping Stones in their room, ready to head out on their walk:
I left work for an hour to meet up and walk with him for a little while. By the time I got there the ninja already decided to lose the mask in favor of green teeth.
Ms. Pat’s penguin costume cracked me up!
A lot of the parents dressed up. Daddy did too, he just didn’t realize he. He went as “College student.”
Mrs. Barbara in her zoot suit:
This walk is LONG. They cover the entire large college campus, going through all the buildings and departments to trick-or-treat. They start at 9:00 am and at 11:05 Jeff sent me a text “Entering hour 3 of the walk…” Yeah, I guess after doing it for 5 years, that last hour and really drag out!
They stop for a couple of candy and water breaks.
And (as if they don’t do enough walking) they get to expend some energy in open fields:
This is towards the end, with a diminishing costume and big smiles.
Finally, they are back in the center, hands washed, clothes on, and ready for lunch and a big nap!
We will miss this tradition!!
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