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Once Upon a Time (or Nana to the Rescue)

Friday, April 20th, 2012

From Friday Mom – Jaime:
This month at daycare, they are teaching the kids about fairy tales. One of the rooms has a giant beanstalk in the middle of it. Another is painted up with various Cinderella scenes. Each day this week has had a different theme. Andrew has been very excited to bring his favorite car from Cars into school on Monday, even though he promptly broke the fin off Carla Veloso. (Yes, I realize this has nothing to do with the whole fairy tale thing). He gets to wear his favorite pirate shirt today as they learn about Peter Pan.

But yesterday… Yesterday was “dress as your favorite fairy tale character” day. This was a day clearly geared for the girls in the class. They all have Disney princess dresses…or at least some dress up costume where they can CLAIM they are their favorite princess.

But what are you supposed to dress a boy in???

I found out about this lovely dress up day as I was (almost) late picking up Andrew from daycare at 6. “MOMMY! TOMORROW IS LIKE HALLOWEEN AT SCHOOL!” So I asked Andrew what he wanted to be. “CAPTAIN AMERICA!”

Um…Okay…That’s not quite a fairy tale character. What fairy tale character would you like to be?

Tinker Bell.

My jaw dropped. In my head I’m thinking something like: Seriously? Tinker Bell? TINKER BELL? You’re a BOY. Shoot. How do I explain that this is a girl thing, not a little boy thing? Hold on… Should I explain that to him? Do I let him do it anyway? Wait a minute…WHAT am I thinking? I am NOT spending MONEY on a Tinker Bell costume for my little boy. Um…. how do I get out of this one????

So I called my mom. Yeah, I played the Nana card. She couldn’t talk him out of Tinker Bell either. So as Hubby and I were eating dinner, she took him over to Party City and constructed such a cool costume for him as Prince Charming.

It was awesome. He was psyched to wear it. Actually, he told us that all the little girls were going to be princesses and they were going to LOVE him and want to MARRY him because he’s the prince charming. (Then he told me that I was a frog and had to hop around the house until I caught him so he could give me a kiss and turn me back into a princess)

His favorite part of the costume was his scepter, which he proceeded to tell everyone was a lance and tried to run at everyone like he was a knight on horseback in a joust. (Note to Hubby: Maybe it wasn’t the BEST idea getting him hooked on Full Metal Jousting.)

Surprisingly, Andrew was the only Charming in the class. And, true to his prediction, all the princesses LOVED him. Most of the little boys were in their Halloween costumes. We had Batman, a dragon, a dog and a couple parents who gave up completely and didn’t dress their kids up at all.

So, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank my mom for saving the day and picking out the “coolest costume EVER.” And to everyone else – have a great weekend!