First off? Hello? When you have a child that has been waiting the entire life to go to the read-in and eat grilled cheese sandwiches, you do not exchange said grilled cheese sandwiches for hot dogs. Hot dogs are so yesterday man. I am surprised that an event that was run by teachers would even plan to do something like this without informing the kids before hand (and heavily medicating them before it began). And then? The whole S'mores fiasco. Peeps, I thought we were going to have some rioting. You know, I completely understood not letting the kids roast their own marshmallows, and I agree with it (don't tell my kids that I said that because they will hit me). That was a concern of mine anyway and I wasn't sure how I was going to get around it. But they didn't even have chocolate bars OR graham crackers. The older kids were dressing down some of the teachers over that one.

Now, on to the reading. That was really good stuff. They broke down the kids into two different age groups. The younger children headed on out to the media center (that's Library to all of you old farts). The first reader was a slim, gray haired grandfatherly type of man who read Horton Hears a Who. He was good but he had nothing on the next reader, who works at the High School as the Drama Instructor. He read The Cat in the Hat, and he was absolutely hysterical. He really got the kids going.

Even though I joked about the last minute changes in food (which was a big deal to the kids, but nothing that didn't smooth over quickly), the evening was a huge success. I was impressed with the turn out. Each child got a bookmark and a pencil to commemorate the event, which was pretty cool (even though I didn't get one).

I really enjoy functions such as these because it gives me the opportunity to support my children in after school activities. That, and I don't have to cook dinner on those nights.