Thong Day

To the consternation of the "just off the boat" new Irish assistant at daycare, Friday was apparently Thong Day.  National Thong Day, to be precise.  We've lived here so long that we are happy to discuss and share how many pairs of thongs we have with friends, whether we've bought any new ones this summer and the scare stories about how not washing your thongs gives you a nasty rash.  Still, I have to admit to having a Sid James-esque titter when the slide show came through on Friday afternoon.

This from page 1:

"The Dolphins did their bit to raise awareness for this worthy day and have fun with thongs, celebrating their youth and freedom. They engaged in thong painting! Thongs were painted and then, SLAP! They were banged onto the page to create prints."

To be fair to Young Alice, she came home discussing how she had participated in various activities involving flip flops and seemed to understand that "thongs are going to help the sick people".

Alice "bangs her thong".

Some other thong activity, which followed on from a pretend party.  It seems that Alice was reluctant to relinquish her party hat, having gained no little degree of celebrity during that activity by "leading the group in singing 'Happy Birthday'".  She's very keen on birthdays at the moment and can rattle off the list of family events until her own.  "First it's your baby's birthday [points to my stomach], then it's my baby's birthday [points to own stomach], then it's Daddy's birthday, then it's Kiss-Mass, then it's Allie's".  Apparently we're having a Dora cake this year.  And she still remembers that she had a Makka Pakka one last year.  I'm going to use this as a test of earliest memories as she gets older.

Right.  Off to get a pedicure to show off my new thongs in their best light.  Chortle.



*Update provided for parents on Thong Day:  Friday the 1st of October is National Thong Day, an awareness day organised and for the benefit of Youngcare – an organisation striving to change the care and accommodation options for young Australians with full-time care needs. Currently 6500 young people are living in aged care due to lack of alternatives and another 700,000 being cared for at home by family and friends. Youngcare have used the thong – a symbol of youth, freedom and fun – to drive their awareness campaign. Today, donations can be made to Youngcare via the Thong Day website to assist in finding alternative living arrangements for or young people in need – www.thongday.com.au