Why I Hate Halloween

I hate Halloween. I think kids look cute dressed up until they are about 3, then all bets are off.

I REALLY hate Halloween at school. Let's talk wild--a weekend in Beirut would be calm compared to a classroom full of costumed, sugar filled eight and nine year olds. And why do children act ten times worse when their parents are there for a Halloween party? And why do I feel like a hostess at a dinner party that lacks sparkling dinner conversation with which to entertain these adults who have invaded my classroom?

By noon, I had given up any idea of getting school work accomplished. From that point on, it was lunch and recess, the character parade, then a way tooooooooooo long party.

It was an Excedrin kind of day.