Anyone living in North Carolina or rather the South knows that even a hint of a snowstorm can shut down a town, bring kids home early, keep them home indefinitely, and make bread escape from shelves of every grocery store. This February was no different and it turned a school project into something more.
My 8th grader was getting ready to participate in a wax museum at school as former Romania Olympic gymnast, Nadia Comaneci. She designed her tri-fold board and had two things left to do before the storm hit - a Romanian flag & an Olympic team jacket. Call it cabin fever or just a challenge I couldn't refuse, either way I was all over it. Naturally, I jumped at the idea of creating something from a picture. An idea that started out as a store bought sweatshirt with some colored stripes sewn or glued to the front was now something a little more. As the number of snow days increased, the jacket started to take on a life of its own, I started finishing seams, fussing over stripes lining up, and fit being just right. I couldn't help myself. Over the top? Yes. Do I know my daughter is wearing it for just one 40 minute class period? Of course. Am I aware it'll never be worn again? Absolutely.
A simple flag glued to the middle of a tri-fold board became a flag hung from grommets and chain.
Thankful for the February storms, my 8th grader WILL be Nadia Comaneci for one 40 minute class period. And we WILL have sweet memories of an over the top jacket with a one time use crafted over a series of snow days in February. The funny part, she's missed so many days of school they may not even have the wax museum.
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