Mommy's Greek Goddess

It is Greece Day at Gracie's school today.  Well, actually, just for the third graders.  And, this mommy wouldn't have missed it for the world.

Now, a few weeks back when they were talking about this day and how the kids would have a version of the Greek Olympic games, I got the brilliant idea to make Gracie a special outfit for the day.

It came out beautifully, but was a little less special when the paper came home (48 hours before!!) that all the kids had to wear togas to school.

On the plus side hers was by far the most ornate, and she wasn't constantly fidgeting with a sheet and safety pin :)

Gracie's teacher chose her to do several of the running races and you could see how proud she was to represent her class.

Her class was the city-state of Syracuse and they were very loud and proud of that fact.

Thomas wasn't nearly as proud.  So, he ran off to play on the playground with the 5th graders while mommy cheered her on. (what ya' gonna do?!!)

The kids each earned their laurel wreath crowns after finishing the games and they had a class picture taken with Zeus (Mr. Simon the gym teacher).

Those kids were so excited and so cute.  I love getting to still do some things with her.  Although, it seems field trips are still out of the plans for 3rd grade like they were for 2nd grade parents.  But that is for a later rant. 

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