But no Amelia Earhart

Time for the annual costume report from the school Halloween party. Since I never have an trick-or-treaters at the condo, I feel safe in reporting the tally this early. The best costume I saw all day was a little kid waiting with his mom at the grocery deli counter. Dang! He was Payne Stewart! That would have tickled my parents. I got so excited I bought some braunschweiger.

 

Back in the preschool classroom:

• Race car driver
• Black cat
• Sock hop poodle skirt
• Cheerleader
• Supermans/Supermen and other superheroes
• Ninja
• Mermaid
• Buckingham Palace guard
• Bumblebee, ladybug, and butterflies
• A "preeshus" peacock
• Thomas the Tank Engine
• Minnie Mouse
• Penelope, no not Odysseus' wife. Some character from a kid movie with striped pants.

The elementary students have to dress as "real people not necessarily alive" and be prepared to explain their person. There was a major paradigm shift this year. There are always ballerinas, pop stars, professional athletes, and kids who dress as their parents. We met Yuri Gagarin, poet Shel Silverstein, an OB/GYN, and "Soul Surfer" Bethany Hamilton*, but no Amelia Earhart. The Dalai Lama stopped by.

* Not related to surfer Laird Hamilton, just FYI.

© 2013 Nancy L. Ruder