Pyjama Party

The Rockstar Pyjama Party Moves

Last day before the long Easter hols was Pyjama Day at school… That’s Rockstar busting a move on our bed in what he wore to school that day (pants from bestdressedkids.com, top from Mothercare) to a remix of Itsy Bitsy Spider – some supercool dad posted his own version on YouTube for his son in jazz, country and gangsta rap among others and we’ve been enjoying since…

Off To School

I got to read bedtime stories in a cushioned and blanketed area while 3 little girls who had apparently been discussing their music lessons provided impromptu a Capella accompaniment…

School staff were all in Pyjamas or other nightwear… I spy Rockstar’s principal busily striding up and down in bright orange fluffy slippers…

This has got to be the only profession where being at work in bunny slippers gets you loads of respect…

And then in the waiting room I meet a Japanese grandmother who explains via a translation device and another Japanese-speaking mum that she and her 4 year old grandchild just moved here, staying with friends, because of nuclear radiation fears. The child’s parents would be flying over for weekend visits, and in the meantime she would wait each day after school for her grandchild who hadn’t yet gotten used to school buses because the movement brought back memories of the earthquake.

And suddenly stuff like whether your child hits his developmental milestones today or in a few weeks gets a little perspective.