Today was the great Jewish celebration of Purim. It has historical meaning and significance but it is more commonly known for the "fun" and "festivity" of the costumes and carnival. Sometimes referred to as the Jewish Halloween, the day is nothing like a night of trick or treating. The day is full of stories, song, games, costumes, and special food all significant and special due to the Jewish history of Queen Ester and the non-slaughter of the Jews by Hamam. Celebrating Purim annually is a mitzvot (Jewish good deed).
At school today we had a Petting Zoo, Rock wall, Mechanical Bull, Walkding on Water, and Ziplining for elementary and middle school.
Part of the celebration of Purim is to dress up too. From students to adults it was a sea of fun fabulous costumes. For me it was a flashback to the 80's as Cindy Lauper. What was most hilarious about my costume was that everything for my outfit other than my shoes, are from local department stores, cost less than $3.99 and in the "everyday" clothing section of the stores. Yes the neon and big bangles are back!
Other teachers came up with some great solutions from the 7-month pregnant "baseball" belly and the Panama Jack Explorer to the Homemade Chicken costumes from feather boas. One of the Pre-K 3 teachers was a giant piece of Laffy Taffy and she even made her dangling earrings out of actually laffy taffy. We even had Thing 1 and Thing 2, the Scary Nurse and Captain Jacksparrow. The kids rocked the costumes too (though I can't show them for safety reasons) we had recycle cans, a sushi roll, a group of middle school girls be deck of cards (all different cards), and there was also my favorite Barbie in a Box... it was priceless.
