being an idiom

Some parts of being a mother are easy enough - like giving birth -- others are more challenging -- like being told to dress your child as an idiom for a school event.

Dress him as an IDIOM?

We rejected "blue in the face," "spill the beans," and "in a pickle" and finally settled on "hold your horses," so he trooped off to school today in a horsey t-shirt, draped in strings of tiny plastic horses I'd taped to twine. I thought it worked out pretty well.

And I have to say that I think his teacher this year is pretty terrific. She really gets the kids engaged in what they are learning. So far this fall, in addition to the Amelia Bedelia author study that gave rise to the idiom thing, she's taken them on a field trip to the landfill and has Elliot very excited about spiders. She's a really good second grade teacher.