Wednesday, October 31, 2007

International Day

Athena's school, instead of celebrating Halloween, had an "International Day." Each child was suppose to arrive at school dressed representing their culture or heritage.

At first we were a little baffled, how do you dress Canadian? Can Californian be considered a heritage? We considered reprising Grandma L's "Irish" stew, but then settled on Greek. We had a Greek shirt already and everyone thinks Athena is Greek anyway...

Here she is proudly celebrating her Greek "heritage" with a flag she made herself in the Children's Parade of Nationalities, right next to a pretty cute Viking:

The whole day was absolutely adorable. Each class sang a song. When Athena's turn came up she froze a bit and just stood there as if she didn't know the words. But it was cute anyway.


It was a total paparazzi event, every parent, grandparent and Aunt Mimi was sporting a camera and muscling each other out for the best shot. After the performance and parade, parents, grandparents and Aunt Mimi's were welcomed with a buffet of international foods.

And Zoe got to play like a big kid.

1 comment:

Stu said...

Paparazzi Parents!! So we're not the only ones who prematurely blind babies with flashes? :D