Can I haunt you?

It was a bit crazy having Halloween on a Friday. The kids were so excited about their trick-or-treating that would take place later that night. They came in a bit crazy and didn't want to think about their morning work. I finally had them settled and we began our usual routine...but not after a bit of questioning from Victor: "Can I haunt you? Can I haunt you on your bicycle? Can I haunt you now?"

Today was the perfect day to do a learning lesson with Oreos as well...not! Actually it wasn't so bad, but they were so energetic from the thought of the evening's activities, that our Oreo lesson only added to that excitement. After some initial excitement, we got through our phases of the moon Oreo demonstration with very little rule breaking...only a few plastic forks were thrown in the process. Because of health rules for food at school, I was not allowed to let the kids eat their Oreos in my classroom, so I made it perfectly clear:
Me: "You are NOT allowed to eat your Oreos IN THIS CLASSROOM. I am not allowed to let you eat these Oreos IN THIS CLASSROOM. I will not answer anymore questions about where and when you can eat your cookies, but you may not eat them IN THIS CLASSROOM. And, if you are going to break the rules and eat them, you MUST eat your lunch first. They are dessert, not your lunch."
Class: "So Ms. L, can we eat them in the cafeteria?"
Me: "I'm not answering that."
Other Kids: "She isn't going to tell you that you can eat them, but if you bring them to lunch you will be okay."
Me: "You might want to listen to your friends."
Kids: "See, I told you!"

The rest of the day went off seemingly uneventful, which was very nice and unexpected.

Above is the scariest Halloween costume ever seen!