Monday November 1, 2010
I think I want to go to school again. I remember liking school; but I don’t recall it being half this much fun. Today Adam’s school is having Pilgrim and Indian day. The middle grades are studying about Indians right now and the teachers came up with the brilliant idea to involve everyone.
The students came home with a note saying they can dress up as either a Pilgrim or Indian and bring their lunch in something correct for the period. I hear they are going to eat lunch in the woods and if I don’t miss my guess, there will be a ton of other fun happenings.
Adam knew immediately he wanted to be an Indian. Yesterday he told me all the boys in his class are going to be Indians and all the girls are going to be Pilgrims. Nothing like variety. 
The Pilgrim costume would have been super easy to do …. can’t you just see him in white trouser socks and black dress pants hemmed to come just below the knee? But the Indian fits him so much more. He’s not moderate enough to make an accurate Pilgrim. 
But the Indian war whoop … well, no need to practice that. Loud noises are his forte.
I was so tickled to find this costume on clearance at One Step Ahead; but didn’t want to spend another $13 on the moccasins so we picked up a little fabric and used the leftover trim from when I made curtains for the office. The first one was a disaster. The second one fit, but the fabric was so slippery he wiped out wearing only one shoe. Tears on the hallway floor and more brainstorming. Finally I cut the sole out and hot glued the top of the moccasin to the sole of his canvas play shoes that are nearly too small anyway. Ta Da! A moccasin he can run in.
He traded some furs for a tin bucket from the white man. And I just now realized we forgot to paint his face in our excitement!
See why I want to go to school again?
Yup! I can see why! Looks like fun! And way cool costume, all the way down to the moccasins!
Elementary school was so much fun for my daughter, middle school has not been. I don’t recall doing all these fun things either when I went to school. Your boy sure makes a good looking Indian, even without face paint! I’m sure he is having a great time which is all that matters.
Great costume! 🙂
My girls enjoy their dress up days, too!!
Bet he wins the contest for best costume, cause his Mom is so brilliant ;). Looks like a ton of fun, I’m sure he’s gonna have some great stories to tell too.
Have a super week, can we hit Applebees for 1/2 off appetizers? I can just imagine us hashing and solving all our issues 😉 I’d love to hang out for an evening. Love ya, Jess
so fun! totally see why you’d want to go to school again!!
Looks like fun!
cute. the shoes are awesome.
we did that in elementary school too!
and my most favorite part was walking to a nearby gym for our “feast”….
because we had to cross over a major highway to get there,
and the police would direct the traffic for us to cross over…
one class at a time.
of course, all the boys wanted to be indians,
and most of the girls were pilgrims.
Time hasn’t changed everything.
Cute!!
very cute. Our school does that around Thanksgiving break. They LOVE being Indians =). I have a hand-me-down Pilgrim dress this year. It will be interesting to see if my little girl will be a Pilgrim or not.
a perfectly cute little indian. after dressing my children for pilgrim/indian day for the last 3 yrs, i was kinda hoping we could skip this year…haven’t heard yet.
We have Indians at our house, too.Pilgrims are too boring, I guess.
Yours is sure a handsome one! Fierce? not so much!\”/
so so cute….. i just LOVE dress up. (always wish i could do it too) 🙂 that little girl in me sticks her head out sometimes like that!
what a great Indian your Adam makes!
are sure that is a costume? 😉
me thinks it look very natural. 🙂
We did that in elementary school too!
Aaaand the boys were the Indians
and us girls were proper pilgrims.
Next time, when I go back to school ~ ha! with YOU,
can you just see that?~ it will be MY turn to be a whoopin, hollerin Indian!
So cute! You’re so creative. 🙂
I am impressed with the time and effort it took for you to get the costume, make the mocassins that weren’t too slippery, etc.
You’re doing a great job as a Mom, Michelle.
I can only imagine how excited Adam was!
Aww what a perfect little Indian!!
And wow, good job with the costume!