Here at our house there is no school today.
OUr school district opted to have a teacher prep day on Halloween (cowards.) That's just fine with me, because that means the Halloween celebrations last a little longer. Yesterday was the annual Halloween parade, then I was in charge of treats in Trent's class. After school we carved Trent's gigantic pumpkin-- then forgot to go to the city's pumpkin carving contest!
The scariest part of Halloween... I'm losing my mind, as usual.On Tuesday Hailey had her first Madrigal performance- WOO HOO!! My ninth year in a row going to the Jr. High Fall concert- not that I'm counting. Unfortunately only half of the dresses had been delivered before the day of the performance- dang- so they had to wear black & white. While Brett & I were at the concert, Jack took Trent to the local grocery store with a coupon for a free pumpkin. They came out of the store with the absolute biggest pumpkin they could find. Oh MY-Trent picked out the face design- but carving it yesterday afternoon was a family affair.It's a good thing Chloe's not squeamish.Hailey collected the oh so delicious pumpkin seeds for roasting.Earlier in the day....
Things were a little more scary. I LOVE the Halloween parade- LOVE IT. But, for a little guy with asperger's it's not as much fun. MOst of the time in our everyday life- we just know Trent as Trent & forget about his differences - days like today make it very apparent- and it's hard.Because we couldn't find an Optimus Prime Transformer costume in his size, even online, & I wasn't willing to put 100 hours into making one from scratch- loser mom here- he had to finally choose from a list of 4- cowboy, pirate, superman, & construction worker. Brett was trying to make it easier (which he did) by making the list short & more manageable to choose from. Still- imagination- and asperger's don't always go together. Having a completely different day where the schedule is all messed up & everyone is looking at you is definitely not comfortable. Then, having mom volunteer in the class & ultimately have to leave you there, even after her big pep talk on how strong, smart & brave you are & how much she believes in you- still brings loads of tears from -ya-both participants...
to keep things positive-
some of the highlights
Jake the crazy U fan- aren't all U fans crazy?
Jake the crazy U fan- aren't all U fans crazy?
Lily the cutest Jack -o-lantern.
And the spook alley with a friend & mom. This is the first year Trent has gone through the sixth grade spook alley with the lights off. (progress)
We both commented on how silly it was.
Thanks buddy.
Just a little more nervous, mom is leaving... here we are in front of his class- next to him are some words he wrote to describe Halloween- next to the class poems.
He felt a little warm to me- but no matter what- at this point I couldn't bring him home. I was strong & left with a huge smile & thumbs up. Hmmm- the walk home- tough. Thanks Kristy for checking on him & calling to let me know he was just fine.
8 comments:
Halloween parades are a stimulus overload for the best of us, so I can only imagine how rough it must be on Trent.
That pumpkin is ginormous! It looks like Chloe could fit in there.
Ok, that is one HUGE pumpkin! I love your pictures from the parade. It was good to see you. Did you get your hair highlighted/cut? I liked it even if you didn't! :)
Happy Halloween!
happy halloween! i think we'll be doing our pumpkin tonight...AFTER trunk-or-treating. ah, well.
Oh gosh what a huge pumpkin!!! Halloween no matter what I do is crazy!!! Great pictures! Good for Trent for being so brave and going into the haunted house. We have drama every year over costumes since I won't spend the money or time on there either.
What fun! I hope you have a spooktacular halloween......
I can only imagine how difficult things like the parade must be for Trent, because, like Jill said, they can be rough for anyone!
I think it's so cute that the sixth graders do a spook alley.
Loving the bathroom fixture costumes...very creative:)
I can't even believe how HUGE that pumpkin was!
I don't blame Trent for not loving the parade. Ok it's fun but, the kids are only parading for one little walk down the isle...
I love roasted pumpkin seeds. We didn't do ours this year. I don't even know why. Maybe next year:)
Love the bathroom guys! The kids look great in costume! Trent is really adorable. I know what you are talking about with Trent, I go through the same type of things with Carter. Some days I get really emotional about it all. That is one huge pumpkin!
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