Tuesday, November 20, 2007

The Pirates of Pooped-out


Our family recently attended the annual Fall Harvest Program at the school of my grandson, Daniel. All of the children were dressed in varying degrees of pirate attire. We watched as precision perfect songs of joy emanated from their excited little faces. Truly uplifting!

Slowly, however, as the evening progressed you could see the stoic shoulders of the little ones begin to slump from fatigue. Pirates and Pirettes began to squirm in their seats and flop their heads back and forth.

We watched in amusement as one little fellow (who looked more like an Amish farmer than a pirate) played with his beard until it protruded from his left ear. Daniel took the 'pirate hook' off his hand and picked his nose and ears with it. He also began chewing on his 'dreadlocks.' Actually, the floppy heads, strange beards, hooks and dreads became quite entertaining, not only for the children, but for the spectators as well:-)

Good Job, Macon Road Baptist School!

Saturday, November 3, 2007

Costumes That Itch

Last week while talking to the California Crew via our webcam, we asked the boys what they were going to be on Halloween. Nathanial said he was going to be Jeff Gordan, TJ had decided on Spiderman, and Brady told us he was going to be Chigger.

Chigger?

I immediately tried to visualize my precious, curly-haired grandson, Brady, as a nasty, bloodsucking insect that bores into your skin after a romp in high grass, and causes you to claw at yourself until angry red whelps appear - which is usually followed by painting the affected areas with clear fingernail polish. Where exactly does one get a costume like that?

After listening to him further we realized that Brady was saying "Tigger" - not Chigger, and in the end we discovered we need not have worried - Brady dressed as Scooby-Doo on Halloween.