Last Friday was Read Across America Day, or Dr. Seuss Day, and Aveson celebrates by having kids dress up as their favorite character from a book. We were super busy last week and Bruce was sick, so we hadn’t really talked about whether the boys wanted to dress up or not. Until Thursday. Evening.
So, at 7:30 p.m. I was at Target gathering supplies for two costumes. We had worked through Ezra’s big emotions about not being able to be Calvin (from Calvin & Hobbes) because they didn’t want characters from comic books. And Finn’s reluctance to go as one of the pea shooters from the Moomintroll books because they wear skirts and he didn’t want to wear a skirt.
It was settled, finally, that Ezra would be Fingers McGraw from The Getaway and Finn would be The Groke from Finn Family Moomintroll. Here were the supplies — thanks goodness Target had everything we needed.
It was well past Finn’s bedtime when I got back from Target and Bruce got started doing his creative magic. First, The Groke — black sheet, pillow case turned into a mask, white poster board for the mouth and black poster board for the big nose. So flippin’ cute!
Fingers McGraw was next. White poster board for the ears, part of the black sheet for the mask (multi-purpose purchase!), black balloon covering a dog’s toy ball for the nose and an elastic hairband to hold it in place. He also used the little black bag the sheet set came in as his loot bag. He found a red and black striped shirt in his closet and was all set!
I was on campus to do an article about the day and all the costumes, so I got to see all the creativity on display. It was great that many of the teachers dressed up as well. Finn’s teacher Jessica was Pippi Longstocking.
Ezra’s teacher Thea was Madeline.
And his advisor Diane was the Cat in the Hat.
Here’s a group shot of Ezra’s class.
And my favorite — the little Groke walking to class.
