"Proud to Be Me" Day

Last year at my 5 year old's Montessori school there was a Fall Festival (code for Halloween party).   This year, instead of the Fall Festival, they are celebrating International Month.  Each child must come to school with a "Proud to Be Me" poster explaining their cultural background.

We have a very diverse student body, so this exercise should be really interesting for everyone.  Though I'm sure they'll miss not wearing Halloween costumes to school (I haven't broken this news to my son yet - I anticipate some shock and maybe some tears).

The responsibility for putting together this poster fell to me.  Each of my child's four grandparents has/had a distinct heritage, so the poster included grandparents' names, what countries their ancestors immigrated from, a few of their cultural traditions and facts about their countries, pictures and stickers of those countries.  I spent a lot of time on it and it looked awesome.

Though my son has told me repeatedly that he would like to be a Transformer ("Mom, I don't think that when you wish on a star the wishes come true because I'm not a Transformer yet!"), I know he is proud to be him, just the way he is, a genealogical hodgepodge.  That makes me very happy.