Halloween, part two
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marydellSo I dug out an outfit a friend had given me for Charlie--an orange jumpsuit with a frankenstein mouse on it that says "Little Monster" and put him in that for day care. I had worried about having him wear it because of the not-particularly-common usage of "monster" to mean "deformed." However, I have been told that I sometimes overthink things, so I chilled out about it and put him in the dang outfit, and he looked very cute in it (I will post pictures later tonight or tomorrow).
I'm glad I dressed him up, and I understood better why the day care ladies expected it. For one thing, I generally dress Charlie in the cutest clothes I can find, partly because it's fun and partly so people's initial reaction to him is always "OMG CUTE!" instead of "OMG NO HAND!" For another, this is a large institutional day care with a zillion kids in it--seriously, like 20 infants in two rooms and god knows how many roomsful of older kids, because it's also a kindergarten and before&afterschool program for kids up to age 13. So EVERYdamnbody was in costume today, because the whole school is having a big party, basically. They have cameras and take pics of all the kids in their outfits etc. Who knew? Some of the other infants weren't in costume but a lot of them were, so it was nice not to screw up and lose Charlie's position as cutest kid ( Although one of the walking babies was wearing jeans and a little t-birds leather jacket and had his hair slicked, so he was actually probably cuter).
But nobody had their kid dressed as an Anne Geddes flower thingy, thank god.
I'm glad I dressed him up, and I understood better why the day care ladies expected it. For one thing, I generally dress Charlie in the cutest clothes I can find, partly because it's fun and partly so people's initial reaction to him is always "OMG CUTE!" instead of "OMG NO HAND!" For another, this is a large institutional day care with a zillion kids in it--seriously, like 20 infants in two rooms and god knows how many roomsful of older kids, because it's also a kindergarten and before&afterschool program for kids up to age 13. So EVERYdamnbody was in costume today, because the whole school is having a big party, basically. They have cameras and take pics of all the kids in their outfits etc. Who knew? Some of the other infants weren't in costume but a lot of them were, so it was nice not to screw up and lose Charlie's position as cutest kid ( Although one of the walking babies was wearing jeans and a little t-birds leather jacket and had his hair slicked, so he was actually probably cuter).
But nobody had their kid dressed as an Anne Geddes flower thingy, thank god.
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What?!
Date: 2008-11-01 01:33 am (UTC)I haz question --- and you don't have to feel obliged to answer: how have you prepared yourself to deal with the stares and jeering and rejection from outsiders (meaning those outside Charlie's nuclear family)?
I ask because --- with the very high potential of becoming an inter-racial family here in the future (as well as the potential for physical deformities/handicap mental handicap etc)... I'm wondering exactly that. I've done advocacy work in the past but at the same time that had a certain level of emotional separation ...
Re: What?!
Date: 2008-11-01 04:45 am (UTC)Re: What?!
Date: 2008-11-01 04:53 am (UTC)Too kind.
*am reading it now*
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Date: 2008-11-01 03:29 pm (UTC)We IT people tend to do that, I've been told.