Tomorrow is International Peace day and in celebration the children at Katie and Andrew's school have been asked to dress in white. Katie had homework that included coloring a dove and both kids came home Friday with poems and songs about lighting candles and peace. Here are two separate conversations we had on Peace Day:
Sunday night.
Mom: Tuesday is International Peace Day so remind me that you need to wear white to school
Katie: OK, well they will probably have peas to eat and I don't like peas.
Mom: (gets a good laugh)
Monday night.
Mom: Remember, tomorrow is Peace Day at school so I picked out your clothes. They are white.(She likes to choose her own clothes, so I had to warn her)
Katie: Well, shouldn't I wear green since it is Peas Day?
Mom: Not Peas day it is Peace Day.
Katie: Whats that?
Mom: Peace means that people get along with one another and don't fight. They compromise on issues, like when I tell you and Andrew to compromise on picking a DVD, and they try to be kind to one another.
Katie: Well, I hope we don't have peas at school tomorrow. I don't like peas.
Think she missed the point on this one? Hopefully it will become clearer to her at school tomorrow.
Gotta love her...
