Happy Halloween!

So, I've totally been sucking at being room mom this year. I've done absolutely nothing except help out with enrollment one day before school started (and the pumpkin patch this week).  No one told me what I was supposed to do or if I was supposed to be doing anything.  So, basically, I just didn't.

When I got an email about a room parent meeting, I fully intended to blow it off.  Then, the head of the PTO asked me if I was going to the meeting and I had a hard time coming up with an excuse so, begrudgingly I agreed to go.  Good thing I did, because I learned that I was responsible for a "Fall Party" for the Pre-K on Friday.  I had one day to pull it together.  Awesome. 

So, I delegated cookie baking to another mom in the class.  Word.  And I ended up making these popcorn monster hands I found on Pinterest and burning a spooky music cd. (Love that site - fully addicted!) 

Brent and I decided to have an owl (school mascot) pumpkin carving contest and let the kids judge which pumpkin they wanted to take into their class.  I was pumped since Brent usually sends me into a fit of giggles with his ridiculous carvings and because carving pumpkins with the kiddos is just the best.

In the end, we all voted for Brent because his pumpkin more fully fit the theme.  It didn't provoke a fit of laughter though.  We loved it.  He gets huge props for effort too. Cutie.

Mine (top), Brent's (bottom)

 

I thought the party stuff turned out pretty well for pulling it all out of my ass at the last minute.  Too bad that when Brent dropped off all the goodies at school, the teacher already had some things together for a party - probably because she was used to me being such a slacker and not having done a damn thing so far.  I had no idea that the work of a room mom was fully based on my initiative alone; I had expected hand-holding.  Now that I know better, I'll at least stop showing up at school with wet hair and growling when the teacher talks to me in the carpool line.

And last weekend, as a tradition, we painted pumpkins to look like the kiddos Halloween costumes.  Uncle Binky was in town and got in on the fun.  It was nice getting to spend some time with him and the whole fam. 

Shhhhh!  Guess where we're taking Thing 1 and 2 trick-or-treating this year?  They have no idea!

Brent and I have been trying to pack and clean on the sly all day long.  They know something is up too since cleaning is way out of the norm for us.  How sick is that?!  They keep asking if my mom is coming over to babysit since it's usually the only time we ever clean.  Ha!  Happy Halloween to everyone!