Dave, I hear your dilema, mate. I used to drop my kids off at their old daycare kilted all the time. Not really an issue when you know the owners and there are only 8 kids. The Montessori daycare/pre-school/kindergarten my kids have been going to for the past year has been different. At first I didn't wear the kilt when I dropped them off for the very reasons you suggested. I also wanted the other kids to get to know my kids without my quirks being the topic of conversation (I also wore long sleeves to hide the tattoos until the spring). Now that my kids (and my wife and I ) have established relationships with the other kids, I will allow more of my self to be seen with the school. I never felt I was hiding anything, or not being true to my self or my kids, I just left that to "my time". I think it also taught my kids that sometimes what they want and what is appropriate for the situation is not always the same.

I have worn kilts to all the concerts (as has my son), we've saw quite a few of the other kids at the highland games this year, and my daughter has started the Scottish gang with one or two of the other girls (basically they practise their version of highland dancing and talk about their kilts and daddy's kilts..........not unlike us ).

This year my son will stay at the school for Kindergarten, and my daughter will be taking her first (they already did some teaching before) year of pre-school. Both are really bright kids.