Halloween Party

Today was Tyler's...oops, I mean Tylersaurus Rex's Halloween party at playgroup. Yep, that's right, I had the pleasure of meeting up with that lovely dinosaur I met the other day. Though at first, Tylersaurus Rex was a bit concerned at first that he may be a bit too scary for the other kids at playgroup. Turns out he wasn't the only dino there. When we first arrived, Kathy the coordinator, asked us if we would like to go to the backroom to participate in a very special Halloween project. We took off Tylersaurus Rex's socks and shoes and Kathy's assistant painted the bottoms of Rex's feet with white paint. We had to paint his feet several times because it kept drying before we got to the important part which was placing his feet on the black construction paper. Once we got two little "dino" footprints on the paper, we left to join the others in the main room to let the paint dry. The special Halloween project wasn't the only craft we did today. As usual we still had our themed craft that we do each session. Today's craft was Spooky Boo Hats. Tylersaurus Rex had a great time making his by putting lots of Halloween stickers and a big scary ghost on the front. He wore it for quite awhile before taking it off. Next was Tyler's, I mean Tylersaurus Rex's, favourite part of playgroup, snacktime! Today each parent was required to bring something to the party to share with the others. I prepared a couple of veggie trays. You can see one of them in the middle of the table. We were asked to prepare a plate full of the food that was brought to our kids. Rex had 3 cookies, a cornflake desert item, a cupcake and the rest was veggies in his plate. He licked the icing off of his cupcake and then instead of eating the cookies he ate all his veggies! What a good boy! He sure loves his veggies, especially tomatoes and cucumbers! After snacktime, we did our usual songs and rhymes, but with a little Halloween twist. Familiar songs were turned into Halloween songs with changed lyrics. As always, the time flew by way too fast and sadly enough it was that time to say goodbye to all our playgroup friends until next week. However before doing so, we were told to go back into the backroom and pick up our special Halloween project. The prints were now dry and were turned into GHOSTS!!! They were really cool looking. One of the children's mom's brought in treat bags to take home. Another fun event with my buddy, Tylersaurus Rex, but don't worry we will be seeing each other very soon! Stay tuned...