The Daily Adventures of Leia & Annie: April 2016

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Just a Reminder of Chocolate Day 2012

... this was when Leia was in 3rd Grade.

Monday, April 25, 2016

Chocolate Day 2016

Willy Wonka rides into the gym on a golf cart, door opened by factory workers Oma & Mamma, where he presents the children with Golden Tickets. Wonka then escorts the children into the "Chocolate Room" where everything is edible and they experience all of the following: an unlimited candy store, a pet the chocolate bunny station (featuring Oma, Kitty & Joe Bob!), lickable wallpaper (made by Mamma), candy sushi in colorful takeout containers (made by Shana!), fizzy lifting drinks with orange sherbet, a chocolate fountain, and the golden goose laying the golden eggs. This was all followed up by a picture-taking station where the children chose props and stood in front of a whimsical background. What was wonderful was all the children coming back again and again to my station. Malachi, the little boy with brain cancer, couldn't get enough of it! I also made the kids a special gift of a huge lollipop and a cd with songs of the day. The newspaper was there to document the experience! The unselfish love of parents for their children (the very point of the book) was evident in it ALL!

The Woman Behind Chocolate Day: Mrs. Karen Garcia

Field Trip Before Chocolate Day 2016

The irony behind this field trip was that the kids are supposed to go to a real chocolate factory. This year they made pizza at Iannuci's?!? When I offered to follow it up with a trip to Kilwin's (so the kids COULD go to a chocolate factory, I was told, "That would just be too much sugar." ??!!?? Still, we're gonna count our blessings and move on. First, the kids are greeted by "Grandpa Joe & Grandma Josephine" from the novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. (They are always a set of grandparents.) Then it is on to the factory while parents set up the room.