Hm. Not sure what to call this one.

Writing a blog and saving it in draft doesn't do a whole lot of good if you never come back to publish it! This is from mid-May, when the kids were in school.

Jaden & Kendra had a Book Week at their elementary. As a culmination of their activities, all of the kids got to dress up as their favorite character from a book, and they held a parade around the school grounds. It was really quite cute, and the school arranged for some members of the drum corps from the high school to come and play while the kids marched.

And on the way back in...

Kendra really liked her princess dress, so she just read books until she found one with a Cinderella picture that somewhat matched. Jaden, on the other hand, knew without a doubt exactly who he wanted to dress up as.

There were quite a few parents there watching the parade. Nearly every person I talked to knew exactly who Jaden was, and a few specifically complimented his costume. It's sad, though, that out of the entire third grade, not one student recognized him. They're just not teaching the classics any more, I guess. (And if you don't recognize Calvin when you see him, well then, forty lashes with a wet noodle for you!)