Clowns, rules and first kisses...

Well, yesterday was Clown Day. What is "Clown Day", you ask? The PC way to celebrate Halloween in preschool is by apparently dressing every kid up like a clown. Now my big question was "what if a kid has a legitimate fear of clowns?" Memorable day a preschool, I guess. So sorry, Elyse & Kelly. No preschool for you. :o) lol Anyway, it was fun getting Ethan ready that morning but the teachers had so many restrictions on what they could and couldn't wear. You can't wear a tie. They are making one in class. You can't wear a wig, hat or a clown nose. Someone might take it and then there will be a big baby fight. You can't wear big, floppy shoes. Preschoolers have enough trouble walking as it is. The list goes on. I was about to call it "Dress Normal But Pretend To Be A Clown...IN YOUR HEAD Day!" The other challenge was that we were not sure we were going straight home after preschool. We had tentative plans to meet John downtown and the clown outfit would just be weird. So here’s what we came up with:



Ethan has a blast! The last picture is of him and his teachers. The funny thing was when I went to pick him up he was the next to the last kid there. The last kid was a little girl named Veronica who said goodbye to Ethan and that she'd see him later. We walked out into the hallway to get Ethan's backpack and coat. While we were out there, Veronica came running out of the classroom, ran up to Ethan gave him a big hug and said "I'm gonna miss you so much" and then kissed him on the cheek! WHOA! :o) Ethan stood there a little stunned as she walked away and then he turned to me and said "Mom, I've never been to Veronica's house before. Can I go?" Oh, my...I don't think I'm ready for this.