Daniel Boone and Bumblebee

Here's the boys as they set off to school and a full day of Halloween tricks and treats. Satchel dressed as Daniel Boone in conjunction with his book report and Jiro dressed as a Transformer who goes by the name of Bumblebee.


I was psyched that Jiro easily settled on a $12 costume from Aldi. Warren was psyched that Satchel settled on a costume that challenged him to construct a hatchet, rifle, bedroll, and animal skin vest.

Satchel and Warren made the hatchet from a stick, a cardboard box, and string. I mentioned something about junk this morning and Satchel lectured me. "There's no such thing as junk," he said. "Just look at my hatchet. You probably thought the dog treat box we made it from was junk too, but it's not." (He was also very inspired by Anthony Pack, an artist we met last weekend who made fun robots out of recycled materials.)

Warren, Jiro, and I all visited Satchel's class for the biography reports. It was really fun to see the kids dressed up. Among others we saw Neil Armstrong, Albert Einstein, Amelia Earhart, Elvis, Paul McCartney, and Pocohontas.



I also love that the teachers at the boys' school seem to love Halloween as much as they do. Here are Ms. Melissa and Ms. Sarah as harajuku girls:


Satchel still needs to work on his voice projection, but I think he's adorable when he's "on stage." His drawing of Daniel Boone was awesome. Watch at the end when his classmates actually gasp.