Book Week dress up parade

As one of the many dress up opportunities at FJT, the children were asked to be a character from one of the many books on the short list for a Book council award. Parents rushed into book shops trying to see what these books were like, planning their kids' outfits. Abigail wanted to be Fearless the bulldog (Fearless by Colin Thomson), not wavering even when her mother suggested other easier things eg. Isabella's Garder (girl in flower dress - "boring") or Mr Chicken goes to Paris (strange look "I'm not going to be a chicken!").

Finally, Priscilla go her act together and bought some taupe coloured towels from Kmart and Por Por figured out how to drape Abigail to look like she had fur. Her long hair could be tied up as the floppy ears sticking out of the towelled hat/head. Unfortunately preparations were not very thorough and it was only on the night before that we discovered the face paints were nearly dried up. Just enough black for a few strokes.

Abigail made her own dog tag with name, proudly using block letters to spell Fearless.

On the day, Abigail wore her costume and paraded from the school along Darling St past woolies and across the road past most of the cafes (bursting with parents) before getting on a charter bus to a picnic at Federal/Jubilee park Glebe. There the children drew bridges (Book week theme) and had a BBQ lunch. Then off on the bus back to Balmain. Many kids dressed as fearless or a bear or a robber or Isabella. Some had hired costumes, quite a few with face paint.

Priscilla and Pascale and Gung Gung managed to find the kids as they were getting ready to board the return journey bus, but Abigail didn't want to go with mum. She wanted to remain with the school group until dismissal in the playground. So Priscilla drove the car behind the charter bus all the way back to FJT, picking up Abigail at the regular time. There weren't many students left.