We also had our annual chorus bake sale. The cakes and pies go for $10 and the rest is by donation. The bake sale is during a fall/Halloween festival and the gym is PACKED with people...glad I was on the stage! Anyway, since I don't make pies and the cakes make big bucks, I went ahead and baked one of those. It only brought in $7 (my fourth grade salesman allowed this bargain in order to sell it...I was worried it wouldn't go otherwise! Luckily, the student who bought it came dashing in on Monday and said it was DELICIOUS!) but I was just happy someone wanted it!
And last, but certainly not least, the crazy part. We have a new part of my lesson called "arioso land" where there is a puppet mascot who can only understand singing. I recently decided that she needed to be the queen of Arioso Land and needed a crown and a cape, of course. Actually, that was all my friend Leah's fault because SHE was having a queen and a king and asked me to make the capes for them. I've made about eight puppet capes now...but I digress. In any case, my ostrich puppet is named Aflute (so named by a sweet first grader last year who misunderstood my question thinking I was asking what the puppet sounded like (probably hoping someone would say she had a high voice) and the name had to stand), which the kindergartners think is actually a flute and call "THE flute". ANYWAY, she has recently emerged as the queen to much oohing and ahhing and had the holiday of Halloween explained to her. Here she is also modeling her halloween costume (partially borrowed from Otis!). The king, who has yet to be introduced is named Sammy and he is a camel.
It turns out that both Aflute and Sammy are real hams when the camera is turned on them!
In conclusion, Otis and Ruby have also posed for their annual costumed photo-shoot. Results to be posted later but here's a teaser: Ruby will be a pumpkin princess and Otis is a jester-witch. I know...the suspense is killing you... :o)
