Halloween Parade

Today was my son's school's Halloween Parade.  He is in 5th grade so he didn't get to walk in the parade.  From 5th grade up they just watch the parade.  It is cute watching the younger kids parade around the black top with their costumes on.  There were a lot of kids wearing Giants stuff as their costume.  All of the teachers were wearing their Giants gear.  My son is an unknown phantom.  His friend was Brian "Fear The Beard" Wilson(SF Giants Closer), one of his classmates was pumpkin head, there was an Elphaba, a camo dude, a zombie doctor, the scream, a spider girl.  One of the 3rd grade(who is pregnant) was dressed as a bun in the oven.  So cute.  His teacher from last year had her baby son who was born in July with her this morning.  His class had their Halloween party.  They had carrots with olives, popcorn hand bags, juice, water and goodie bags.  A lot simpler and with less food then the lower grades.  They watched a movies called "The Witches" from the Roald Dahl book, "The Witches".

Baseball Party

Today we had a belated birthday party for my son who turned 10 on August 22.  He decided he wanted a baseball theme so  I made the invitation look like a baseball game  ticket. Since he is a huge San Francisco Giants fan,  I printed the invites on orange card stock.  We had the party at our local park.  We had hot dogs, beer brats, garlic fries, peanuts and cracker jacks.  The kids played baseball with a Nerf ball and had a water balloon fight.  They all were soaked but they had a good time.  We had a Giants pinata.  I made a chocolate cake which I decorated with green frosting to look like a baseball diamond and had basball figurines on it.  I used brown sugar for the diamond.  The cake was really yummy.  I didn't have anything to decorated the bases with.  The weather was perfect not too hot and not too cold.  Everyone had a good time.  It was  areally  fun party.

Watching Baseball

My son has been spending his summer vacation watching MLB baseball on TV. He is into baseball right now. So far this summer he has gone to a SF Giants game and an Oakland A's game. He is also on a quest to collect all 30 baseball teams baseball hats. Right now he is watching Tampa Bay Rays versus Boston Red Sox. His favorite teams are the SF Giants, Tampa Bay Rays, Oakland A's, Anaheim Angels, Saint Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox and the Houston Astros. He has seven hats so far: Giants, A's, Rays, Cardinals, Nationals, Red Sox and Dodgers.