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Monday – They all look so normal
Oct. 25th, 2010 02:38 pm.
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Saturday was the Fall Festival at my son’s elementary school. His teachers had been talking up the event a lot, and little Sweet Pea wanted to go so bad he could barely contain himself. My own elementary used to have a Halloween Carnival each October, and I always enjoyed them. At some point it was decided to make it more inclusive by linking it to a season that everyone experiences rather than a holiday that some people may not celebrate, so all the Halloween Carnivals became Fall Festivals at some point. It is a big fundraiser for the school, and a blurb in the school’s newsletter made the event even more worthy of my support: The Fall Festival is our school’s main fundraiser. We are deeply committed to never asking your children to sell cookie dough or wrapping paper, but in order to meet that commitment, our Fall Festival must be a success!
The idea of keeping my front porch free of sad-eyed tykes selling cookie dough that I don’t need and that they would rather not be selling impressed me plenty. I purchased advanced tickets so we could get the early bird special, and made it a date with my 6 year old son.
( Sweet Pea as one of Three Peas )
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Saturday was the Fall Festival at my son’s elementary school. His teachers had been talking up the event a lot, and little Sweet Pea wanted to go so bad he could barely contain himself. My own elementary used to have a Halloween Carnival each October, and I always enjoyed them. At some point it was decided to make it more inclusive by linking it to a season that everyone experiences rather than a holiday that some people may not celebrate, so all the Halloween Carnivals became Fall Festivals at some point. It is a big fundraiser for the school, and a blurb in the school’s newsletter made the event even more worthy of my support: The Fall Festival is our school’s main fundraiser. We are deeply committed to never asking your children to sell cookie dough or wrapping paper, but in order to meet that commitment, our Fall Festival must be a success!
The idea of keeping my front porch free of sad-eyed tykes selling cookie dough that I don’t need and that they would rather not be selling impressed me plenty. I purchased advanced tickets so we could get the early bird special, and made it a date with my 6 year old son.
( Sweet Pea as one of Three Peas )
