Every Monday at school is 'Spirit Day'. The schedule I have at home said that today is 'Decade Day: 60s'. I thought that was a bit tough for a 3 year old as what kind of hippy stuff would I have on hand for him? Then Brandon suggested tie-dye and since we happened to have an extra white t-shirt on hand from the firefighter day, I got to work work making a tie-dye shirt using grape juice. The shirt turned out pretty cute, but I could tell Brady was a bit uneasy with the color. I emphasized that it was purple, but he remained firm that it was indeed pink. At one point, he told me he would rather wear his school uniform. I told him that was fine, but then he could wear the cool beatnik whistle medallion we had found because that only goes with the tie-dye...that was enough to tip the scales, and he went with the hippy look. I think he looks like a pretty cute hippy, and he had the peace sign down as we went off to school.
Once we got to school, I could see his class out on the playground. I was searching for signs of other hippies, but instead kept seeing cowboy boots and hats. As we walked inside, I told the greeter that my schedule said that it was 60s day today. She said there are apparently two different schedules floating around because we weren't the first hippies to show up, but there were also several 'Go Western' cowboys today, too. I felt so bad! Here Brady wasn't too crazy about wearing that shirt, and we could have done a cowboy outfit with no problem! Oh well...they do cowboy days every year for the rodeo...being a hippy is a bit novel I guess. I just wish there were a couple other hippies in his class!
