Emily had lots and lots of Halloween celebrations. Her school did a parade and a party on both Wednesday and Thursday last week. They always do all special events twice so that students who only attend MWF or TR don't miss anything.
For the parties at school, Emily was a dragon, but for actual Halloween she was bat girl. Her school frowns on superhero costumes because they believe that a superhero's tendency to settle conflict with violence sends the wrong message - every school has their own little quirk, I suppose.
Our little bat girl tried on her mask initially, but quickly decided that it was poking her, etc. and refused to wear it the rest of the night. As you can see, though, I don't think it inhibited her ability to have fun. Our big challenge was to keep her from eating the candy as fast as she received it. She is a pretty determined girl when it comes to this stuff!
In other news, a quick report from the world of Emily's imagination - the other night Emily said to me, "Ms. Cotton (one of her teachers) has a frog in her throat." I explained to her that her teacher doesn't really have a frog in her throat. Rather, this is something that people say when they aren't speaking clearly. This did not satisfy her, though. She said, "No, she really does have a frog in her throat - a little tiny one - because frogs know that throats are a dark place to hide. He has a flashlight in his paw." So cute, and so full of imagination. :)
