I went to Mikayla’s school to be the surprise Secret Reader as I discussed in this post. This is something new the teacher has implemented this semester…having a guest “reader” come and read a book of their choice — with or without costume.
Of course, I had to have some sort of costume or disguise since I’m up there at least once a week…how could it be a secret if they know who it is?!?
As it happened, I went to do Secret Reader the afternoon of one of the days I had been up there in the morning helping with center time. Hmmm….this is going to take some disguising.
Although I’m not sure not knowing who the person reading is the “secret” part of it…it’s just a “secret” because only the teacher knows someone special is coming, none-the-less, I felt at least some disguise was warranted. Besides, how often is it that a 50 (something) year-old gramma gets to wear a mask?
So I set about making a pig mask because, as I said earlier, I was reading about Jillian Jiggs who’s room looked like it had been “lived in by pigs”.
Here’s what I came up with…
Yeah, I know. Half a pig face made out of pink copy paper and an elastic from a medical mask I use when I paint. Lame.
Well, just so you know, the kids LOVED it!
I went up to the school and lurked around the hallways because I got there a little too early and almost ran into their class coming back from an assembly. And, no, I didn’t have the pig mask on when I was doing the lurking…the dobermans would have been called our for sure if I’d done that!
I followed them at a safe distance and when I thought they were all settled in, I put on my pig mask and peeped my head around the door to the class room.
“GASP!”
“Look!”
And I peeped it around again.
Teacher: “Oh look, kids! There’s an animal at the door! What kind of animal is that?”
“A bunny!”
Really?
A bunny?
So much for my mask-making abilities. Strike that one out as a career move.
“A Pig!”
That’s more like it…brilliant kid!
And then the best guess of all…
“GRAMMA!”
Yup. Kayla ratted me out. (But to give her credit, she didn’t know I was coming…it could have been any gramma behind that mask!)
So I jumped into the room and said, “What?”
“It’s Mikayla’s gramma!”
Okay. They got me. So I pulled off my mask and said, “How’d you know it was me?”
“By your hair”
“By your shirt…you wore that this morning.” (Oops)
“Because your picture is on your badge.”
Ahhh…yeah well. Can’t pull nothin’ over on these kids.
So I sat down in the rocker and talked to them about messy rooms and read them two of the Jillain Jiggs books. And it was great fun for everyone.
Can’t wait until my next little piggy visit.