Halloween Parties at School

The kids had a great time at their Halloween parties at school. The older kids line the hallways of the media center and the younger ones parade past to cheers. If you look closely in the picture of Claire at the parade, you can see Trent's rainbow wig in the background.

King Cake

Trent's 4th grade class was doing projects about immigration to the U.S. His group studied French immigrants. As part of the project, Trent and I baked a Mardi Gras King Cake, which is a tradition during Mardi Gras in New Orleans. We used the recipe in the immigration book from school, which produced a bundt cake. The colors are supposed to be yellow, green, and purple, but we couldn't find purple sprinkles so we had to use blue. The cake has a plastic baby inside, which is supposed to bring good luck to the person who finds it.

Trent's teacher got the slice of cake with the baby. The class enjoyed the cake and had fun with the tradition.