"Welcome to the Hall of Presidents!"

Harrison's class has been learning about presidents.  As a final project, each of them had to pick a president to research and write a report about him.  Then today each student dressed up as their chosen president and the class was set up as a wax museum.  The kids were frozen until we pushed a button and then they read their reports to us.

At first, Harrison chose William Henry Harrison, because they shared the name Harrison.  Then after we laughed and told him that the dude died weeks after his inauguration, Harrison changed his mind and chose Thomas Jefferson.

For weeks I wondered how I was going to make a Thomas Jefferson costume.  A couple of days ago, my friend said she had a tricorn hat and some more clothes I could take a look at.  I went to her attic where she dug out two huge bins filled with Revolutionary War-era clothing for men and women of all ages.  It turns out their family used to do war re-enactments.  Lucky me!

 The room was crazy loud because everyone was giving their reports at the same time.  We pretty much had to do what sweaty kid in the tie-dyed shirt did and just read over the kids' shoulders.

Harrison's costume was pretty awesome, but this one was great, too.

Miles was getting antsy, so we went outside and waited in the car until the end of school.  I took Harrison's regular clothes with me so he had to walk out like this.  Oh!  How I make me laugh!

"In matters of style, swim with the current;
In matters of principle, stand like a rock."

--Thomas Jefferson