Senior Trick or Treating

Maddie had a great day today!  She had Senior trick-or-treating, which is what you think it is:  the seniors dressing up and going around the school getting candy.  She dressed up in her Perry the Platypus onesie and had a great time roaming the halls with the others all dressed up and just having fun.  Some of her friends were dressed as characters from Phineas and Ferb too, so that made it a fun time.

Also fun, the final match-up between U.S. Presidents.  The government class is wrapping up the brackets competition with presentations on Presidents, and after weeks of grueling competition between many of our iconic figures in American history, the winner of this year's title for greatest U.S. President is none other than... Jimmy Carter!  Yeah, talk about a dark horse candidate with a Cinderella run to the top, knocking off FDR in the final match-up.  Only in this classroom will Jimmy Carter defeat the likes of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and yes, Ronald Reagan to grab a spot at the top.  Of course, this is based on the presentation, and the thing is, whoever it was doing the presentation for Jimmy Carter was having a great time and the audience was loving it too, along for the ride.  It was a foregone conclusion that Jimmy Carter would be getting there to the top.

Tonight, Pastor Franklin was there for FCY, and it was a United Night, which meant all campuses were present for worship, and to hear the message.  It was a great night, of course.  Maddie got to meet with Pastor afterwards, as Pastor Lance introduced her.  He was happy to meet her!  She has a great time at FCY.

While Maddie was at FCY tonight, Mom and I were concluding our classic Universal Monsters series with "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein," which is honestly the best of all the three movies - it's so much fun.  

To make it more fun, Mom had a cheese tray with all the Aldi's seasonal cheeses set up - the Freaky Franken Sage Derby, the Pumpkin Spice Wensleydale Cheese, and we tried a new one called "Death by Garlic," a black garlic cheddar cheese that sort went with the theme of vampire hunters.  All three are great, although Mom and I were pretty happy with the garlic cheese the most.  Anyway, we enjoyed that, and then of course got back to picking up Maddie.

We read tonight before bed, moving along with the story of "Wyrd Sisters," which Maddie can recognize the themes of MacBeth within.  It's a fun story, although the vile duke and duchess seem to have the upper hand at the moment.  Although that hand seems to have blood on it, blood that won't come off despite how hard he scrubs.

Closing out the day, we said our prayers and got everyone tucked in for a good night's rest.  Big day tomorrow, and I think you know what that is!