At the elementary school instead of focusing on Halloween, admin redirects the focus to literacy. Instead of Halloween costumes, each grade (kindergarten through 3rd grade, I think) chooses a theme from a book. Last year when Nate was in kindergarten, they were animals from Old MacDonald’s Farm. 
This year featured Ladybugs from The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle. It was a great idea and the costumes looked great! I was fortunate enough to help out in Nate’s classroom yesterday and help assemble them. The kids cut out their own circles for the ladybug spots and did a great job.
This morning the girls and I went to the Literacy Day Parade and watched all the kiddies march. It was a lot of fun and it wasn’t blistery cold like it was last year! Here are some pics from the morning!!
The whole gang waiting for the parade to start!
I have quite a few pics of all the different classes but alas, I won’t be posting those since I don’t want parents going apeshit on me for not having permission to post their kids photos here. Sooo, this is Nate’s class. His teacher, Ms. Lambert, is leading the way!
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And off he goes…
