An Unconventional Headband

When we were in the Wisconsin Dells over the holidays, the kids all got wolf ears from the Great Wolf Lodge, which is where we stayed.  Each pair was just a white, furry headband with two little, white, furry, blue-filled "wolf ears" sticking up from it.  Cute, but for me just another couple of seemingly useless things to keep track of.

Anyway, Cal put his on his Darth Vader Angry Bird head, which is sitting on a shelf and collecting dust in his bedroom.  But Ella... Ella emerged from her bedroom this morning, dressed and wearing her wolf ears; and as she did so, she declared, "Mommy, this is a headband," as if it was perfectly normal to be wearing them and went on her way... or as if she was anticipating that I would even question her wearing them... which I didn't, nor would I ever, really.

So, off to school she went, alone today since Cal had no school due to some sort of teacher work day one week after returning from winter break.  I dropped her off, wolf ears... I mean, headband still on her head.  No one asked anything about them, and she just fell into the morning routine with the kids who were already at school for the day as if everything was "normal," not that it wasn't normal, but, you know.

Ella, in her headband, painting

Ella, in her headband, cutting

As the day went on, I just forgot about it and later looked at her daily activity report produced by the the school describing what she did that day -- what did she eat at lunch, how long was her nap and what educational, creative and physical activities did the class do that day.  Attached to this electronic report were two pictures, and I was reminded of the wolf ears because she still had them on.  She was sitting at the table painting and cutting and she still had the furry, white wolf ears... I mean, headband on.  She really did treat it like a headband.  So funny!