Fridays at Reid’s school are dress down days, or “wear anything” days as we call them. Reid takes a lot of care to choose just the right outfit. I try to keep her from wearing the same outfit twice. There are so many clothes in her drawer that I like to give them a fair chance to get. To complicate matters, the last Friday of each month has a theme for what to wear. We’ve had Hawaiian day and Wear White day and Inside-Out day, among others.

Today is Dress Like a Tourist day. And I have to say that I was stumped. We decided that a souvenir t-shirt, sunglasses and a camera would do. And it would have been great if we hadn’t misplaced the camera. I spent time searching last night and then found it this morning, boldly sitting on a shelf in Reid’s room.  I’d also considered sending her old passport - too much personal information - and thought we could have made binoculars if I planned ahead. Which, of course, I didn’t. I thought about plane tickets but by the time I thought of them, Ken and Reid were standing in the foyer were their shoes on. Reid wasn’t worried about her outfit and so all was good. I took a picture of Reid taking a picture of me before she went into pre-care. That seemed a very touristy thing to do. The first kid we saw was also wearing sunglasses and carrying a camera. I guess Reid fit in.

I worry way to much about these sort of things.