Spirit Week

Ashley is having spirit week at school this week which translates into each day the kids get to dress up to a specific theme. They have contests in their classrooms as some point during the day and the child who wins for their class gets to go downstairs to the lobby and play musical chairs. The one who wins musical chairs gets a prize.

Ashley really gets into it, it's so much fun! Monday was purple day so she wore a purple shirt, purple pants and purple & white socks. She said she almost won but another girl had done the same thing with her clothes but added purple shoes and purple make up. Tuesday was Hippie Day so we went full out (as much as we could). I didn't think it would be that hard to find a tie die shirt but I tell you it is very difficult! We went to a number of thrift stores and couldn't find a single one. But we went to one Monday night and found a shirt that would pass as a hippie shirt and a pair of jeans that had extra fabric at the bottoms to extend the bell style. I did her hair in a middle part, lent her my daisy sash and put dark eye shadow on. We had a lot of fun Tuesday morning getting her ready. When I picked her up at karate I asked how her day was and how she did for the contest for the day. She was over joyed with excitement that she not only won for being the best dressed in her class but also won the musical chairs game. Wednesday was PJ day and Ashley wore her favorite pajamas. She once again won her class contest and the musical chair game. She told me that most of the kids just wore T-shirts with pajama bottoms and she was the only one who wore her entire pajama outfit. Today is Missed Match day - we planned that one over the weekend. That one I think is the favorite for both of us.

Last year they did the same thing and after school we headed over to Grandma's house. I remembered when I was younger if I attempted to wear stripes with polka dots my mother would let me know her disapproval of my outfit and make me change right away. So we decided to have a little bit of fun with her. I told Ashley on the way not to say anything when we got to Grandma's house and see how long it took for her to notice the interesting outfit she was wearing. And if she did notice (which I figured would happen in the first 5 seconds of walking in the door) for Ashley to say "What Grandma? It's the latest thing, this is "in" now." So sure enough within moments of walking in the door and greeting my mother she noticed Ashley and said "What in the world are you wearing." Which my wonderful daughter responded to with exactly what we had practiced and even did it with a straight face! My mother looked at me in horror, it took everything in me to keep the laughter contained. We kept it up for a few minutes but then wound up telling her we were kidding. It was great fun, I think more for Ashley though.

I can't wait to hear what happens today at school with Ashley - I'm sure she'll win again. I mean who can beat this right?