Bling Bling

Twice a month Camy's (our) school has an out-of-uniform day with a different theme each time. We've done PJ Days, certain color-shirt days, Costume Days, Holiday-theme Days... lots of fun days where the kids can trade their (freakin' adoooorable) khakis and monogrammed polos for clothes of their choosing.

Today was "Bling Bling" Day.
aka
Camryn's Favorite Day Everrrrr

Here is what Girlfriend wore to school for "Buh-Linga Buh-Linga" Day!

Don't let her lack of enthusiasm here fool you, she was STOKED about her ensemble and talked about each and every component the entire way to school. The pouty face you see there was the result of not getting to type on the Break Room laptop (because another teacher was currently using it).

Anywho...
Let's go head to toe and point out all the bling (all chosen by her except the t-shirt).
She has a tiara on her head, along with a "park-a-lee" hair holder.
Of course you noticed the awesome "Run DMC" shirt with the piece & chain. Yeah?
You can hardly see that she has gloves on her hands, but each glove has a sequinsy-glittery heart.
Over the gloves, she wore one of her princess dress-up bracelets on each hand.
Her socks are from Easter and have "park-a-lee" threads throughout.
And of course, her "park-a-lee" shoes.

She reeeeally wanted to wear her princess dress-up clip-on earrings as well. But let me tell why I put the kibosh on that.
She got the dress-up set from Aunt Vicky for Christmas, and right off the bat the earrings were her favorite part. Not a big deal for wearing around the house from time to time, but Bean wanted to wear them to school every morning. And every morning I broke her little heart and told her no. Then came a day that Daddy brought her to school, and guess who got to wear their clip-on earrings all day. 2 hints: Not me, and not Daddy.
At lunchtime, her teacher brought her by my room to show me her ears. They were bright red from top to bottom, and of course, the earrings were clipped. I explained to the teacher that Daddy didn't know the "no earrings for school" rule, but I would inform him of it ASAP. Then the teacher said that she keeps asking if Camy wants to take them off, and here's how the convos always went:
Teacher: Camy, your ears are all red... do they hurt?
Camy: Yeah. They hurt.
Teacher: Do you want to take your earrings off for a little bit?
Camy: NO!
Teacher: Why not? They are hurting your ears...
Camy: Be-cuz..... they are preeeeetty.
Teacher: And beauty is pain, right Camy?
Camy: Yeah, beautiful.

Oy.
I convinced her to take them off for naptime, at which point the teacher hid them, and I collected them at the end of the day. Whew.

And that is why there were no earrings for Bling Bling Day.
But I think she still sparkled.