The middle of last month Saedi was sent home with a notice that we could order a shirt for field day. At the bottom in bold letters it said that orders would not be accepted after the due date, two weeks later. Also attached to the order sheet was a note from Saedi’s teacher saying that she would voluntarily Tye-dye her class’s shirts so everyone would match, but stand out from the rest of the school. This was pretty much the only time we were sent home a note about something that wasn’t for the very next day (the PTA here was not very organized), and I didn’t fill it out right away.
I realized that the shirt still hadn’t been ordered when we got home from picking Saedi up at school on the last day the orders would be accepted. There was no way I was driving another hour round trip just so I could go back and order her a shirt, she would have to live without it.
Unfortunately when I dropped Saedi off at school the next time, she remembered I hadn’t ordered the shirt and now it was too late. She got upset and started to cry.
I had already planned on asking her teacher if she would Tye-dye a regular shirt so Saedi would at least have something to match, and Saedi thought this was a good idea. I didn’t end up needing to ask though, because Saedi’s teacher sent a note that day saying anyone could bring in a shirt and she would dye it (apparently I wasn’t the only parent who either forgot to order or didn’t want to spend a bunch of money on the ugly school shirt). I even told Saedi that we could decorate hers after it was dyed to look cooler than anyone’s.
Then I got a little ambitious.
The order form that was sent home had a picture of the logo that would be printed on the ordered shirts (their colors were brown, black, and tan).
I decided to paint that! Saedi would still “match” everyone but be totally unique. I like the way it turned out.
We even put her name on it. After I was done with it Saedi told me that where I put her name is where it said STAFF on all the administrators shirts. =)
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