Happy Halloween!

I wasn't planning on dressing up for Halloween this year. In fact, I actually HATE dressing up or going anywhere where other people are dressed up. Costumes lose their charm when they are all preceded by the word "sexy". And I certainly was not going to dress up for school. I love my kids, but I don't need to give them reasons to make fun of me.

That all changed at 9 pm last night. My roommate emailed me a list of "punny" Halloween costume ideas, because we all know I love a good pun or corny joke. I was flipping through them, not actually looking for an idea, when I saw it: the perfect math teacher costume. And then, a star was born. With some black construction paper and a few safety pins, I had myself a winner:



I'll admit, it's not quite as obvious as some of the others, but once you figure it out it's pretty awesome. Just think for a second...I'm orange. What's orange at Halloween? A pumpkin. What symbol is on my shirt? Ohhhhhhhhh now you get it. And you're laughing. A lot. Either at my ridiculousness, or at how stinkin' funny (punny) I am. (In case you missed it....I'm pumpkin "pi". Laugh away.)

The kids? They didn't get it at first. It took some 'splainin. And once they did get it, some of them just looked at me with blank stares like, really Miss H? You think that's funny?

They obviously don't know me well enough yet. But have no fear, I'll have them trained to laugh at my corny jokes soon enough, slappin' their knees and at least pretending to laugh. My kids from last year thought I was hysterical today. They remember all I taught them.

It's 8:15, it's raining, and we've only had 1 trick or treater. Looks like Halloween is going to pass by the Ponderosa pretty quietly. But we're fine with that, because it means November is waiting to swoop in. Which means we can begin the countdown for 1) Thanksgiving break and 2) Christmas music. Woot woot!