Chloe enjoying Kindergarten at Raya

July 16 was National Children's Book Day at Raya School, so all the kids were supposed to dress up as characters that you could find in an Adarna/Lampara book. (I'm sure you see the incoming dilemma). Luckily, teacher Isbel helped us out by telling us to check out "Ang Pambihirang Buhok ni Raquel" - a story written in both English and Filipino. It's about how this little girl adores her cousin Raquel who had FANTASTIC hair! So there were all sorts of things in this pambihirang buhok that the girl was so envious of (butterflies, flowers, cupcakes, and all sorts of wonderful things). At the end of the story, you find out Raquel is wearing a wig because she has leukemia. (Talk about crashing back to reality.) And the kid finds out she's alot luckier than her cousin, Raquel.

So we came as Raquel...

With matching butterflies in her hair... (we were up at 645am doing this!)

On another note, it's a real challenge to pull Chloe out of school everyday (it takes an average of 15-20 minutes from the minute her Mommy steps in the school). Apparently, she's just having too much fun...

It's a small class of 9 adorable kids. Thursday is PE day and clearly, the self-proclaimed day to let loose!