The boys' school had their annual Halloween party on Friday night. We have skipped the shindig the last few years in favor of attending other Halloween festivities (read: those parties that serve parents big glasses of wine to dull the noise and chaos. And holy hell is there ever noise and chaos at these things.) But, now that the boys are older, they want to party with their friends. And so we were off to the school gym for pizza, music and games oh my.
The boys ran around the gym like crazy, only taking short breaks to wolf down some pizza, a cupcake and a few million glasses of cider. Aidan ran around with the boys in the gym (three of his classmates also dressed as harry potter), involved in some fierce battle against the boys costumed up as ninjas. Brennan ran around with the girls in the gym, some uncomplicated game of tag and chase that had every single girl in his class trying to get him to chase them. Griffin ran around a little bit, but then became addicted to one of the craft stations - making ghost lollipops. I think he made like a dozen of these suckers. We have named them his minions.
The kids had a great time. And surprisingly, so did we. I am really happy with the boys' school. It is unassuming, small school. It isn't perfect, but it has worked really well for our family. The boys are comfortable and happy there, and so are we. After several years, we know all these families, their kids, the parents. It truly makes it feel like some giant family.
The party ended with a bang as one of the dads (dressed up as batman) kept letting the kids play with the smoke machine. It set off the fire alarm and resulted in a whole lot of screaming kids racing outside. I couldn't stop laughing as we bid our farewells. I guess it's like some giant family with a couple of crazy uncles thrown in for good measure.
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