Halloween

First of all, I have to acknowledge that this week was officially the one year anniversary of my first blog entry. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank my readers for their encouragment and loyalty, all five of them. One year has flown by and I enjoyed it so much that I signed a contract for another year. I am resolved to remain committed to the blog and will continue to post meandering gobbledygook accompanied by pictures. Without further to do, here's a little taste of Halloween.



The above picture was taken in the teachers' office in between festivities. Left to right are Erica, yours truly (don't ask me what the costume is supposed to be), Joan, and Charles. Halloween is a busy time at Boston as it is our biggest party of the year. I had arrived last year just after, so I hadn't seen this firsthand. There was a ton of work leading up to the day, but admittedly very little was done by me. I did chip in with the haunted house and stayed up til 3am painting on the 30th. When the actual day came along, most of the guys were exhausted.


The kids made the hard work worth it. We had a haunted house (because it was so dark and tight-spaced, I was unable to get any decent pictures. I spent most of the time in said haunted house hiding behind a wall and scaring the kids as they came through. It was alot of fun except for the time I was hit in the crotch with a plastic trident. When I wasn't scaring the children, I was on pinata patrol, which consisted of blind-folding kids, spinning them around, and then getting out of the way of their wildly flailing bat. The night was full of festivity, candy, and laughter. I'm happy the kids had so much fun, because I was completely worn out afterwards.

Here we have a nice shot of Sacha and Shannon in the office. Shannon was a good sport to wear her witch costume, but I was a little disappointed in Sacha. He could have at least worn a mask, or put together some sort of impromptu costume. Seriously, the teachers had a great time as well as the kids. We're just happy this only happens once a year.