Today is World Book Day (if you haven't noticed!), and like every year, it creeps up
on me and it’s only at the very last minute, usually at 10pm the previous
night, that I realise: “What the hell is Becky going to wear?”.
Ever since her first year at nursery - when I first fell
into the trap and left it too late to organise anything, and Becky ended up
with just a knitted woolly hat featuring bear ears and clasping a teddy in her
hand (Soz Bex!) - we are clutching at straws for World Book Day.
Unfortunately, I’m one of those totally useless, uncrafty
Mums, who can’t even sew a button on properly, so there is no chance of me
fashioning anything for her myself - something original, some actual, proper
book character. I wish I could just whip out my sewing machine, do a quick
brain storm with Becky, and then, voila, a day or so later, we’d have some
homemade super costume. But no chance – I’m neither arty or crafty, nor do I
have the time (and let's be honest here, nor the inclination) to do so.
So, every year, we end up rummaging through our fancy dress
box or make a last minute dash to the supermarkets / Amazon / eBay / t-interweb
to get our hands on some costume.
This year we opted for the former, and, having raided her dressing
up box, Becky decided she wanted to go as Princess Sofia The First.
So here we are, Becky on the school run this morning as
Sofia The First.
As a little consolation for myself, I don’t seem to be the
only Mummy with the same problem, because we’ve seen a lot of Annas, Elsas,
super heroes and Ninja Turtles on our way to school. You know, those famous
literary heroes …
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