Today was Pajama Day at Mack’s preschool. All the five-year-olds were supposed to wear a favorite pair of pajamas to school. But, in his pajamas in the car on the way to school, Mack started to get nervous. At first I tortured him a little bit. “Gee, I know. I hope today really IS pajama day. I can’t remember. I guess we’ll see.”
But as he started to really panic, I began to feel badly for him. To take his mind off his worry, I suggested several other “clothing days” there might be. In the joking that followed, Mack suggested — as 5-year-old boys will — “underpants day.”
I assured him there would be no day when the kids just wore underpants to class — at least not until college.