The week leading up to the big Homecoming game is Spirit Week at my kids’ high school.
- Monday was PJ Day. All the kids wore their pajamas to school. (I am still waiting for the year when everyone comes to PJ Day dressed as the principal, whose nickname is based on her initials: “PJ.”)
- Tuesday was Twin Day. The kids paired off with a friend and tried to dress as twins. Molly and her best friend are mistaken for twins on a regular basis, so they decided to dress as nerd twins, just to give it a twist. Allie chose a classmate I’ve never seen, but I hear they look a lot alike as well. Apparently they did such a great job that the band director called them by the wrong names at practice after school.
- Today was Decade Day. This one is probably the most fun of all of them, and the seniors especially look forward to it. You see, each class dresses in the style of a different decade. Freshman do the fifties, sophomores the sixties, juniors the seventies, and seniors always look forward (for some reason I can’t fathom) to dressing in eighties style. I had no problem helping pimp the girls out in sixties and eighties styles, having lived through both decades. It was really kind of fun, although I still shudder every time I realize what it means that it was easy to go to the mall and find Allie lots of eighties gear (leg warmers and neon are apparently making a comeback!).
Here they are, dressed for the day:
This is Allie’s chemistry class. Hint: Allie’s wearing really bright colors. (Oh wait, I guess that doesn’t help much, does it?)
- Apparently tomorrow is Class Color Day (green for Molly and black for Allie), and Friday is School Colors Day.
My high school was NOT this much fun. How about yours–did you have any big “spirit” events that everyone really got into?
geez, not even one of them had big hair!
I will feel better if I listen to some Duran Duran.