This is what first grade looks like:
My first thought was how grown up she looked. It seemed not too long ago that she came home to us and now she’s got a big goofy grin captured for all time in her first grade photo
My second thought was: I’m going to put this photo on the internet. I might as well start embarrassing her now before the tween years. I mean, why wait?
I guess that’s why I do this writing thing - not for the fame and fortune but to go back and read what seemed like just another day but then you remember it was a pretty good day for some random Monday.
Today, she decided that after dinner we needed to have a Halloween Party. Considering Halloween is a week or so away I am not sure why tonight, but hey - we went with it.
First the invites: It reads:
YOUR INVITID
HALLAWEEN PARTY
8:31
We did have to change the time from 8:31 (she has trouble with 3’s and always get them backwards) to an earlier time because Mom and Dad had dreams of an early night but of course this didn’t happen.
We set and alarm for 7pm and then we partied:
We just followed the signs.
First, there was dancing. She found a little projector that projects pumpkins and witches on the ceiling when you turn out the lights, so just like the Bruce Springsteen Song we were Dancing in the Dark.
When the dancing was over we had to go to dressup station and put the following on:
A purse
Sunglasses
Something else — I forget.
Done, right? OH NO.
Our party continued with story time where we were read to and then for the finale of the party she took the signs she made and passed them around so we could all look at them closely and talk about them - just like they do in first grade!
Here’s to first grade and all the learning of all the things that need to be learned.
Keep Partying,
TH and Co.