The school doesn't celebrate halloween (which I'm glad about), but they do celebrate book week. For a week (or 2) they have the kids compete in reading. Classes compete against other classes for reading hours, individuals for book cover art, and they dress up on the last day and march in parade dressed as one of their favorite book characters.
Calvin chose Prince Caspian, Sydney "Fern" from 'Charlotte's Web'
These are their photos.
Sydney got first place for art in her class and Calvin got second place for art.
(art=book cover)
Kendal made the costume for Calvin. The question was "how to find a chain mail vest".. well, KEndal headed into town, found this silvery dress, and altered it. Then a friend found the belt in town.. Calvin felt like the star with this costume.. and we were very glad the whole getup cost around a dollar.
It is simply amazing what you can find in thrift stores. There are few "new" clothing stores in this country, you can buy some new clothing, but the thrift stores are packed every day. Most of the folks in this country are wearing clothes passed down from other countries and very rarely understand the logo they are wearing.
I saw a guy with a "raiders" t-shirt on and instinctively began to mock him jokingly, when I realized, he has no idea who the raiders are.
