Halloween

Today was a great day at Kiddie Kollege! We had our fall party for the children. This is a time that each classroom has their own party, along with that comes trick-or-treating within the building and then having a small parade around the gymnasium. It is always interesting this time of the year to hear what each child desires to be for Halloween. We have decided to not let our 4 year old's and up dress up, because they tend to want to be ghost, killers, witches, etc. In our two's class we had Dorthy and the Lion, IU Cheerleader, and a peacock. We had two three classrooms. In the one there were fairies, princesses, and bumblebees. In the other classroom they were farm animals such as cow, duck, horse, and somehow Dumbo the big eared elephant.

As I think back to our ERC discussion on Sunday about how we feel about Halloween. I began to think about how I really feel about the Holiday. To me it is just a time where children get dress up and pretend to be their favorite character, it is an innocent holiday for the young. Keith and I have began to discuss what we want to do with our children, I am not for sure that we have completely figured it out.

Back to the daycare..... I saw a little boy of another 3's classroom whom was going on a field trip today so they did not party. I asked this little boy, what are you going to be for Halloween? He said myself. As his mother was standing next to him, I looked up for confirmation. She explained that he said he wanted to be himself, so he will be staying home and passing out candy. How precious is that. This little child who has no idea how deep the thought of being yourself runs.

How many times do we try to be someone we are not. This kids has the concept be happy with who you are..........
Happy Halloween/Harvest!!!