It's his favorite book character... honest!
As part of I Love to Read month, elementary students at AJ's school were challenged to come to school Wednesday dressed as their favorite book character. In AJ's class, he reported, one girl came as Elmo and another boy dressed as Iron Man.
And AJ? AJ dressed as...
Abraham Lincoln. Why am I not surprised?
I'd been pushing for Peter Pan. He's finally fitting into that costume I bought him a couple years ago. But no.
Reminding me of the Scholastic Book I'd just given him, Abe Lincoln's Hat, AJ felt perfectly justified going to school dressed as a president.
Good think long jackets were the trend back then. AJ's ensemble consisted of an old black suit jacket of mine (with sleeves rolled up), his own black pants and dress shirt, a bow-tie from Jeff's Army dress uniform, and the glitterty hat from AJ's birthday party. Jeff tried to convince him to wear the black hat that came with his magic kit, but it didn't fit well, so AJ stuck with the red, white and blue.
AJ's teacher responded marvelously to our efforts. She was so impressed with AJ's costume, that she read the book to the class.
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