Pajama Day Makes Me Cringe!

Like most things, I have formula-ized how I dress my kids for school.  Nothing fancy, not super nice clothes, but clean, basic, and weather appropriate.  I like for my kids to be super comfortable at school (so elastic waistbands always) because kids will be kids!  I buy lots of short sleeve, long sleeve, shorts, and pant separates at the start of every season in all the colors, and then mix-and-match according to the weather and throw on a hoodie or sweatshirt if it’s cooler.  We do tennies and socks every single day, I keep it simple.

I have found that preschools and elementary schools like to do this thing they call “Pajama Day.”  The kids are supposed to “dress down” in their pajamas for the entire day and sometimes bring in a stuffed animal.  Sometimes it’s the entire school that participates and sometimes the teacher “awards” the class for good behavior with a pajama day.  My son in particular, since he is older now, loves when it is pajama day at school! But he also knows now, after 6 years of school, that we are not doing Pajama Day!

I tried it when he was in Preschool once or twice and my son ended up getting super dirty and the pajamas were ruined.  Not to mention I thought he looked downright silly going to school, and in public, in his pajamas. I also FYI don’t do pajamas out of the house for errands or really going anywhere.  I am fine with sweats or athletic clothes, but something about pajamas seems really strange to me! Pajamas to me, signify that it’s time to go to sleep, and pajamas belong on a person when it’s time to go to bed.  

I know plenty of people have no problem themselves going out in public in pajamas or having their kids wear pajamas to the store and school.  I don’t judge, I promise. But for me, I feel grungy if I wake up in my pajamas and don’t change pretty much right away. And I don’t need to change in to anything formal, like I said nothing wrong with sweats, but I need to get out of the pajamas.  And I want the same for my kids. I feel like they can’t get in to the real spirit of school if they are going to school in their clothes meant for rest and sleep. Anyone else?