Saturday, December 11, 2010

george's ride on the polar express

Yesterday the Yellow Room took part in a rite of passage for most preschoolers since the publication of Chris van Allsburg's book The Polar Express.  They all wore their pajamas to school, drank hot chocolate, and spent time immersed in the story of a pajama clad boy who boards a mysterious train to the North Pole in the middle of the night.

All but George that is.   Under no circumstances and with no amount of cajoling could I convince him that is was appropriate and expected to wear pajamas to school.  He knows you are supposed to wear clothes to school and this particular son is very particular about rules.  

So I put them in his book bag hoping that he would change his mind after seeing all his friends and teachers in their PJ's.  He didn't. 

When Kevin picked him up, he asked him if he wore his pajamas.  "Not for a minute," was his reply.

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