Never Ever Dull
With every conversation, I always seem to end with "Never a dull moment"....our lives are rich, complex, and beautiful stories. Join me in laughing about everyday things and appreciating life-bumpy roads and all.
It was her turn to share on Wednesday mornings. Typically, she brings in an object to show our class. This day was different. She stood up and told all of us sitting in the circle that she had a special announcement: Ms. Flowers is coming over to my house....because I'm giving her a makeover. I nodded my head and smiled. The students looked at me puzzled.. I came to the rescue and explained, "You see, I realized I need to add some fun clothes to my wardrobe. And since her mom sells clothes, I thought I'd get her to help me." To my amazement, all my littles began to chatter. I heard comments: Yea, she always wears the same thing....she never wears anything with color...everyday she has on silver earrings. I listened and found myself glancing down at my outfit. True, I do wear lots of black and white and grays...and I touched my earrings. Yep, they were silver ones alright. I went home and stared at my closet of clothing. Everything was black, white, and gray. My students were right. My clothes were boring and lacked some spice. I guess they had been paying more attention to my attire than I had been. I started having visions of that show "What Not to Wear" or those fashion magazine layouts of women with black rectangles over their faces. The ones showing you how bad a particular outfit is on a person. It was clear that I was in need of a transformation. I shared the reality of the situation to my little student who had volunteered for this task. She piped up, "At my house, we have lots of patterns and bright colors. This is going to be so much fun!" She skipped away giggling. How would all this turn out?! I arrived Friday afternoon for the biggest homework project this little kid had ever had: How do you give some style and fun...to your teacher? No worries. My little fashionista matched crazy leggings with patterned tops that I never ever would have dreamed of putting together. Polka dots matched with stripes and patterns?! My head was spinning, but my student never gave up, saying "we can brighten you up!". She did. So...watch out! I didn't select the leggings with planets (I felt that might make me feel like Ms. Frizzle) or the leggings with the buffalo (love my four legged animals but I felt a bit strange wearing them), but I did purchase items that will definitely add pizzazz to the ol' wardrobe. Mmmmhmmm. I survived the transformation due to all of my petite fashionista's encouragement. I can't wait for Monday to enter Room 3126 and show off the "new me"...just to see the look on the faces of all my students and especially my little fashion consultant =) Sometimes, you have to enlist the help of the ones you work with...even if it's a third grader!
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