The Big 5-year old

Luke's birthday was on Thursday, the big man turned 5! I also happened to have the Halloween party at my house for the coop preschool I'm apart of. So it kind of functioned as a birthday party for Luke, all of his friends got to come over for a party...at least that's how I let him see it. Never mind that there weren't presents to open. (Actually, two of his friends brought presents for him anyway).

So yeah, preschool was crazy! My first time teaching ever, and it felt like a complete disaster! I put so much time into it, and on paper it looks like it would have been a pretty sweet 2 1/2 hours. But I underestimated the four/five-year olds' excitement level and attention span. Oh well, a learning experience for me as well. The hardest part was watching several hours worth of time put into the cutest and most creative snacks get thrown in the garbage with only a bite or two taken out of them. Oh, the funniest thing though: so I made this witch's brew and for the ice I put in these frozen hand molds. But as I was trying to extricate one of the frozen hands from the rubber glove, I accidentally broke off all the fingers except the middle one...so the frozen hand in my witch's brew was flipping us all off! It was hilarious!

For this party, Luke was a ninja, Elise was a cheerleader, and I was a wizard. The next day for real Halloween, we were all something different! Luke was Nephi, Elise was a fairy princess (same thing she was last year, but hey, you've got to choose your battles, right?), and I was an airline stewardess. Mitch wore the ninja costume and Loren was the wizard.

This picture is of Lizzy right after she gave "the perfect present for Luke!" She knew he loves transformers and also has a thing for tarantulas, so when she saw this spider Transformer toy at the store, she knew Luke would absolutely love it! (The unfortunate ending to the story is that in trying to transform the toy for him...I accidentally broke the arm off! Oops...Luke was so mad at me!! I'm still holding out some hope that super glue will come through for me!)