2 posts tagged “parade”
Brianna goes to a fantasic Montessori school here in Langley (appropriately named Langley Montessori School), and Friday was the annual International Day Parade (last year's parade can be seen here) . Throughout the week, the students learned about countries around the world by sharing where their own family (or ancestry) is from. Mike's heritage is Scottish, so we sent Bree to school with a bunch of paraphenalia we have collected over the years -- a quaich, chanter, some books, a bagpipe CD and Mike's kilt. Brianna was very proud to stand in front of her class and show the items to her friends.
Brianna wore the tartan dress we bought her from Scotland (Blackwatch tartan). The photo on the left is when she realized she had forgotten her beloved Nessie on a shelf in her classroom. Tears started a-flowin'....
Reuinted and it feels so good!
After the parade, the kids helped themselves to a yummy buffet of all sorts of dishes from around the world -- samosas, shepherd's pie, alu gobi, fajitas, latkes, etc.
Mike wore his kilt outfit again this year... and even received applause from some of the parents when he entered the school!
We were at Brianna's school today for thier International Day Parade. All the kids were dressed in costumes from their respective countries... Bree wore the tartan dress we bought in Scotland and she carried "Nessie" -- her stuffed Loch Ness Monster we bought from the Loch Ness museum. She sleeps with him every night, and she said he really enjoyed his field trip to her school.
Some of the costumes were amazing, especially the ones from the various parts of Asia.
This is Brianna and some of her classmates parading through the school. She's the one in the dark green & blue tartan dress with the bright green stuffy in her hand (in case you couldn't figure it out).
This is a closer shot of Bree and Nessie. There was a lot of kids and parents around, so it was hard for me to get her to pay attention long enough to get a good smile out of her.
Mike wore his kilt outfit to show the kids. We loaned it to the school to show on display for the week, so the kids thought it was neat to actually see it on a person, and the other parents got a kick out of it too. I wanted to get a photo of Mike and Bree together, but we didn't have a chance during the parade, and I completely forgot when we picked her up from school later on. We also loaned a bagpipe CD (Brianna was very distressed that her CD was staying there for a whole week), a picture book of castles and ruins in Scotland, a large Scottish flag, and a photo from our wedding in Scotland. Brianna's teacher was impressed with all the stuff we brought -- I guess other families didn't bother.
Anyway, it was fun. I just love supporting Brianna in her school activities. My parents were never able to attend things like this during the day -- I don't blame them for having to work, but it would have been nice. I can see the happiness/pride/comfort Brianna feels when she sees us at her functions.... or even her first glimpse of one of us when we pick her up from school.
