Anika really got into Halloween this year. For many months we have been telling Anika to start thinking about what she wanted to dress up as. Being that her exposure to the world is somewhat limited, she had no grandiose ideas of going as super-heroes, ghouls, goblins or zombies. Instead, her ideas consisted of: (1) Mom; (2) her ring set; and (3) her play-mat owl. We'll have to work on thinking outside of the box.
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| Wise Ms. Owl was an easy pick, despite how flattered Alicia was that she was in the running. |
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| She's watching you! Quite impressive handiwork by Alicia (with a tiny bit of help from the wonderful costume pro, Amy Lee Harrington). Not quite sure what Alicia would have done had Anika picked her ring set instead. |
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| Eventually, Anika started to get used to the idea of being in costume. |
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| Dressing up wasn't all Anika wanted to do though. She promised to clean her room once a week for a month if we'd take her to the orchard. It's hard to turn down such industry in a nine month old. You can tell Anika thought it was a fair trade. |
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| Anika made the most of her trip, making friends with various farm animals, including this gentle goat. She's already asking for one for Christmas. She was told to ask her Grandparents. I'm pretty sure Minneapolis lots are not zoned for goats. |
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| She also wanted to sit in sea of pumpkins (ala "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"). She liked this a lot, but was not visited by The Great Pumpkin. |
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| She was one happy kiddo . . . |
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| . . . until we reminded her about her end of the bargain. |
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| But she thought it was really funny when she gave us an I.O.U. and told us it wasn't redeemable until she starts walking. |
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