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costume drama

The kids had a book fair at school tonight. Each class was given different instructions for how to dress. India and Kembe’s class were supposed to dress like pirates. This was kind of a hard sell for Kembe, since he has no clue what a pirate is. So I made the obvious choice for mothers trying to introduce their Haitian children to pirate culture: I showed him a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. He was sold.

Jafta, on the other hand, was not so easy to convince. His class instructions were to come dressed as his favorite book character. He had seen a copy of the Captain Underpants book in the Book Fair pamplet they sent home, and was dead set that this was his costume of choice. We’ve visited this before, but again, this is the Captain Underpants costume he fashioned for himself:

After a long and heated discussion about why wearing his underwear and a cape to school would not be appropriate, he finally settled on doing to school dressed as a knight. But only if he could take his sword.

Here are my three swashbuckling heroes, ready for the school book fair:

Now, take a guess what happens two seconds after this shot:

Kisses were administered, admonishments made, and the sword was left at home for the night.

Comments

  1. amanda says

    thank you for your honest view on life. i enjoy reading your blog and there are times when i laugh and cry at the same time. just thank you.

  6. Kerrie says

    Oh, I read it to my husband and we laughed soooo hard! So something that would happen at my house. Thanks for the bell laugh!

  8. Jovial J says

    I suspect you weren't the only Mom who had to convince their child that Captain Underpants was not appropriate for a school function!

  11. MJ Tam says

    Hi!

    Welcome to the SVmoms group. I saw a link to your blog in bigtent and thought I'd check it out. Your family is beautiful and your blog is as beautiful! I'm looking forward in meeting you in NY

    :-)MJ
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