A little over a year ago, I wandered into our Registrar's office to ask about something deanly, or maybe just to gossip, and they greeted me excitedly with, "Are you here to see the Peeps?". I had no idea what they were talking about, but when someone asks me a question like that I say "yes", because it's clear that excitement and novelty await just around the corner. Plus, our registrars happen to be fun-loving and funny people who always make me feel good, so when they're bubbling over with happiness about something I don't mind getting some of those bubbles on myself.
It turns out, they'd each made a diorama featuring marshmallow peeps (what my sister used to call "marshmallow yucks"). There was an orchestra of peeps wearing little tuxedos and playing instruments; there was an outdoor camping scene with peeps in tents or huddled around a campfire roasting little marshmallows (wait: is that cannibalism?). I loved it, and told them I wanted in.
Fast forward to this year: I co-opted our usual September Pirate Cake into a Pirate peep display.
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One poor peep waking the plank. |
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On the left, a shark eating a peep; on the right, X marks the spot of buried treasure. |
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See the peep with a hook? Also peep in the crow's nest? |
A former registrar who now works in Institutional Research loves traveling to Scotland, and so her PeepORama is perfectly fitting for her fave travel spot.
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"Beware the Peep Ness Monster" |
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The monster rises from the Loch! |
And another awesome Peeperator got a lot of advice from one of her student workers, who loves track and field:
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High jump peepsters, hurdlers, and shot-put (shot-peep?) in the background. |
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Also, long jumpers and javelin peepsters! |
And another got much help from her kids (and sculpy) to create a different kind of peep games.
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Mario, I presume? |
Now I'm seeing peeporama opportunities everywhere I look. What'll I do next year? Astronauts? Math class? Peep rodeo?
I'll take suggestions!
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