Today the kids designed their own golden tickets that were really funny and cute. Then during reading time I told them that I had just found out that the author's birthday was coming up soon. They were way excited and then I casually mentioned that we should throw him an all chocolate birthday party. Well, that was it. They planned out the entire menu- chocolate cake with chocolate icing, chocolate candy everything, and hot chocolate. I'm never one to turn down a party or chocolate so I think I'll go along with it. I'm coming up with a lot of ideas so we might just go all out and invite the school librarian. Although, it will be cleverly and very smartly planned for next Friday at 2:30 which will be just enough time for all of the chocolate festivities so they can then get on the bus to go home to their parents at 3:15. If you've never seen 19 eight year olds loaded on school party sweets then it is something you should witness at least once in your life.
And also, I still really prefer Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka as opposed to Johnny Depp.
A little creepy...
Very much creepy...
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Oh my goodness, this is perhaps one of the most wonderful/frightening ideas I've ever heard. I would be very tempted to do the same thing with my kids (agreeing with the last-thing-on-Friday clause) but our first science unit is "Food and Nutrition" so I probably ought to have a veggie fest or something. Maybe I need to dig up "Charlie and the Food Pyramid" or something, lol.
It's not going to be the menu they planned. I already know that for sure. That'd be out of control. I'm sure I could get some fruit in there somewhere...
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