HKIS had what they call Book-a ween on Friday October 28. It was billed as an event where children could pick a character in a favorite book and dress up as them. It sounded fun and the restriction made sense: no cartooon characters.
As a new family to HKIS, we thought it was a great idea. Maggie was excited and went through her books on which character she liked. She went back and forth between the mom in the Ugly Vegetable to Bree in Fancy Nancy’s Explorers Extordinaire all on her own. She chose Bree. We got together all the things from the book: binoculars, magnifying glass, notebook, hat. Maggie was very clear to collect all the right props. But the thing is Bree being a normal girl did not have a special costume. Maggie chose some clothes that matched Bree in the book.
When she came back from school that day, she seemed really quiet about the whole thing. We asked her, "how was Book-o-ween?"
Apparently some girls made fun of her since she did not have a real "costume." I asked, "What do you mean? Yes you did." Then we find out that a lot of girls went as princesses and bought their costumes. Now you would be right princesses such as Snow White and Belle are fairy tale story characters. But come on. Either way I was annoyed that Maggie's creativity took a hit.
I told her that anyone can choose a princess, but that you were very creative in your choice. I doubt in made her feel any better....maybe a little. I am still very proud of her choice. Pictures are Maggie as Bree from Explorer Extraordinaire before school.
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