About a week ago Sadie's school teacher informed me that the school would be closed on May 5th for Children's Day. My initial response was - oh great, another day for the school to close. This can't be such a big deal - it sounds like any other American greeting holiday like Valentine's Day to me.
But today is May 4th and when Sadie and I walked into her school this morning we were greeted by bouquets of balloons. How cute I thought that they are making such a big deal about Children's Day. When I went to pick Sadie up from school, her favorite teacher Mrs. Choi handed her two wrapped presents and a lollipop with a laminated card that Mrs. Choi typed up.
It said: "To Sadie, I love you, I like you. Have a nice day. Today is Children's Day, May 5, 2009. From, teacher Mrs. Choi.
It was such a sweet gesture. So I looked up Children's Day on the internet and found out that it's about as big of a deal as Christmas is for American children. Children are indulged with food and presents and taken to amusements parks. It is meant to highlight the need to care and love and respect young children and for parents to spend time with their kids.
So although Benjamin still has school tomorrow, I'm going to make an effort to have a special "Sadie" day. Maybe we'll do some girly things together like play dollies or have a tea party.
Here is a little more information about Children's Day http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?at_code=408337
1 comment:
Sounds like a fun day between Mommy and Daughter!
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