Emma the Elephant - almost!
Emma is going to be an elephant (one of her favorite creatures on Earth) this year for Halloween. After a valiant effort to locate a suitable elephant costume in every store in town (and with back-up assistance from Aunt Cathy), Mommy couldn't find one that she liked and was willing to pay for - there was a lovely elephant costume online, but it at its cheapest was still a ridiculous $60. What to do? Well, Emma's honorary grandma, Ginny, has come to the rescue! Mommy found out that a pattern is available for the very cute, yet too costly elephant costume, and Ginny is making it especially for Emma. Yesterday morning, we went over to Ginny's to have a fitting and see what Em thinks of the costume so far. We got Em into the costume as it is so far, which she thought was pretty fun. Ginny showed Emma the pattern envelope with the picture of the completed costume, and Emma checked it out with interest as Ginny showed Mommy the ears. (Mommy didn't realize that those little threads on the hood were there on purpose as markers for where the ears go, and oh-so-helpfully picked them off the hood when Ginny wasn't looking, thinking they were stray fuzzers... This is why Ginny is making the costume and not Mommy the "But I can sew a button on, really!" fake seamstress, and just one more reason why Mommy is eternally grateful for all of Ginny's hard work in pachyderm production!) Once the fitting (which clearly showed that Emma will indeed be the cutest elephant in town come Halloween) was over, Emma insisted on having Ginny read Emma her favorite book at Ginny's house, Maurice Sendak's Chicken Soup With Rice. No matter how many other books Ginny has for Emma, Em always wants to hear about that chicken soup!

More pictures will obviously be posted once the costume is complete and Emma the Elephant is let loose on the town!
- posted by Heather @ 8:34 AM