My daughter's school did a living wax museum this week. This is where the kids pick a famous person, make a poster about him or her, and then wear a costume and pretend to be a wax figure of the person. There's a "button" on their poster that when pressed results in the kid giving a short speech about their person. All in all, its a pretty neat idea, and you can tell that many of of the kids put a lot of effort into it.
I post here because I found it interesting that some of the girls chose to portray males, often with fake mustaches and/or beards. My favorite was the girl who did Abraham Lincoln. She had the famous top hat and coat, but wore a ruffly black skirt with it. Who knew Honest Abe could rock a skirt? Disappointingly, none of the boys chose to portray famous females (or even Abe in a skirt for that matter). I have to imagine that there were one or two who wished they had the courage to try. I know if this happened when I was a kid I would have been jealous that some of the girls got to wear drag and nobody cared.
