My Two Writing Teachers colleagues and I are hosting the 13th Annual March Slice of Life Story Challenge, in which hundreds of teachers participate in posting a story per day.
Dear Kids,
This afternoon, while your father and I were cooking dinner in the kitchen, the two of you played dress up in the basement. As we cooked up green and red peppers for a stir fry we could hear giggles and screeches downstairs.
Just as the rice timer went off, Lily bounded up the stairs. “Mom, Dad! Come see our performance! I did the costumes and the directing and Jackson is the star,” she said excitedly.
A moment later, with the lights in the basement dimmed, Lily commanded, “Alexa! Resume!” and Taylor Swift’s voice traveled across the room from “Alexa.” Shake it off! Shake it off!
Jackson jumped out from behind a couch, dressed in his pirate Halloween costume, leaping and swinging his arms, dancing to the music. Lily had used face paint to give him a beard and thick eyebrows. Haters gonna hate hate hate…
In a clearly rehearsed move at a certain point in the song, Jackson turned to us, his audience, and ripped off the pirate coat, tossing it aside. Woohoohoo! Under his pirate coat, his sister had used face paint to draw a six pack of abs and chest hair. Lily, Jackson, me, and your dad, we all rolled on the floor with laughter.
Love,
Your Mom