Last night my 4 year old daughter participated in her school’s Christmas Program. It reminded me of all the reasons why she loves this school and why it is money well spent every month. Some days I have my doubts when she comes home and I ask her what she learned and she says something like “Jesus is in my Heart”. She seems to be learning a lot more about religion than academics but hey I knew it was a Christian school. At least she is having fun.
Last night she wore her handmade angel costume. It only took about an hour to sew and I used white suedecloth material I already had from my cloth diaper making days. It turned out great and IMO she was the most gorgeous angel there, LOL. BUT we did have a slight problem. I got lazy and decided I would just get a white Christmas wreath/bead thingie at the craft store and make a halo with it. NOT such a great idea after all. It looked great but about 3 quarters of the way through the program she started having an allergic reaction to the glitter or paint chemicals in the headpiece.
At the end of the video below you can see her look up at the headpiece and then immediately start rubbing her nose. When it was all done she had a running nose and very puffy red eyes. Sometimes I think that the lack of chemical exposure in our green home makes us more vulnerable when we do get exposed. Her reaction was swift and she looked miserable by the end of the night. Here is my little angel:
