Tuesday, March 3, 2015

A Country In Fancy Dress - Except One

Even adults join in the fun
Today is the day when the whole country dresses up in costume. It's the last day of school before the Purim holiday. Of course the real days of Purim are on Thursday and Friday when there will be more dressing up but today all the schools have half day and it's one big costume party. Imagine if you did Halloween at school the same as the last day of the Christmas term - that.

Those who have been reading my blog for the past four years will know that I have had varying success in getting DD to dress up. Usually I lost but the nursery teacher managed to persuade her and we got a few photos.

This was our costume fight last year.  (2014)
This was the year before when I ended up in tears. (2013)
Here is 2012 - This was the one year we managed a happy dressing up experience.
And in 2011, when I also ended up in tears. 



This year the school went all out with a dressing up theme for each day for almost a week. Last Thursday each year group had a colour. I managed to get DD to wear her red t-shirt and red sweatshirt (I even slipped in red socks under her blue jeans). On Friday she flatly refused to be an animal. On Sunday she had no interest in being a boy. And luckily her class had a theatre outing yesterday so they were asked not to come in pyjamas like the rest of the school (although they could bring them in a bag to wear afterwards which we didn't of course).

Even the teachers dressed up. By coincidence the principal is called Etti (Esther) so the female staff reenacted the beauty pageant whereby the king chooses Esther to be his bride. 
The student assistants

Today, however, is the big parade. There are two schools and five kindergartens in our street and round the corner. (There is also a teacher-training college round the corner - honestly it's like living on a campus sometimes.) The street today was awash with costumes and disguises. Even the teachers and some parents joined in.

DD is at the back, the only one not in costume

DD wore a t-shirt, jeans, and a plain hoody. I think she may have been a bit shocked when she saw that everyone was wearing a costume except her as she didn't want to stay. The teacher suggested I bring her costume in a bag.

I came back 10 minutes later with the strawberry costume in a bag.

DD: "NO, I DON'T WANT IT HERE! TAKE IT HOME!"

I left it in case she changes her mind before the big parade but I'm not hopeful. *sighs*


Perfectly normal scene in the streets today

Cool 6th Grade girls



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  1. janiceMarch 3, 2015 at 11:16 AM

    Been there - done that. Don't worry about it... completely normal. Let her be herself...

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    1. Rachel SelbyMarch 3, 2015 at 2:21 PM

      Thanks Janice, I will. As if I have a choice, LOL

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  2. MumB / @mumboshMarch 3, 2015 at 5:54 PM

    Love that she knows her own mind and not just dragged along. Takes a lot of courage.

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    1. Rachel SelbyMarch 3, 2015 at 9:41 PM

      Yes she is certainly strong willed. I know it's a good thing, but it is frustrating sometimes.

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  3. jazzygalMarch 3, 2015 at 10:48 PM

    Your little one definitely knows her own mind! Looks like a very colourful and fun 'campus' you live on :)

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    1. Rachel SelbyMarch 3, 2015 at 11:03 PM

      Yeah it's always like this - one week we are all Minnie Mouse and the next week Darth Veda. It's hard to concentrate on studying sometimes. ;P

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  4. Older Single MumMarch 3, 2015 at 11:34 PM

    It's such a shame that she doesn't like dressing up - but so be it. My son is the opposite which also causes consternation, but so be it. They are who they are! The day looks great fun otherwise :)

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    1. Rachel SelbyMarch 4, 2015 at 12:09 AM

      It was. DD had a great time in school even if she didn't dress up. We finished the day at the theatre seeing the Peter Pan Musical. It was fab.

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  5. Looking for Blue SkyMarch 4, 2015 at 8:23 PM

    It's looks like so much fun, but then again, two of my kids have no interest in dressing up (nor do I!) so I'm glad to read that DD had a great time anyway xx

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    1. Rachel SelbyMarch 4, 2015 at 10:16 PM

      Yes she did and she didn't dress up at all. I guess it just not her thing.

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  6. BavarianSojournMarch 4, 2015 at 9:50 PM

    I love her determination not to dress up. So sweet! I also love the idea of a dressing up as a colour theme, you could come up with so many things for that! Enjoy Purim, it sounds like great fun! :)

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    1. Rachel SelbyMarch 4, 2015 at 10:17 PM

      It is fun, thanks. The colour thing was effective. My friend's daughter got yellow though - that turned out to be a lot more difficult.

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  7. New Mum OnlineMarch 5, 2015 at 1:11 AM

    Oh bless her did she put it on in the end? We have World Book Day here tomorrow but our school is dressing up and celebrating it on Friday. It's gonna be nuts. The only other dressing up day was in November and we were in London (away from school) for that one, so this is going to be my first time seeing the school playground full of costumes. I can't wait xxx

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    1. Rachel SelbyMarch 5, 2015 at 9:04 AM

      No she didn't wear it at all. But she had a good day and was very happy. I hope you enjoy yours on Friday. xx

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  8. TrishMarch 5, 2015 at 5:32 PM

    I've just been writing about World Book Day over here and my hopeless attempts at making costumes. My son went through phases of wanting to be dressed up and other years he hated it. Either way, he has always flatly refused to have his face painted.
    Now he's all grown up, I look back at some of the fussing and nagging that went on and it makes me chuckle.
    I think having a theme is a good idea, as much to focus a parent's mind as to where to start!

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