Esther’s Cultural Journey
Last year Esther elected to be a TOMBSTONE for Halloween, complete with a dramatic R.I.P. emblazoned on her chest. The year before she made an interesting statement dressed as a FRENCH DIP SANDWICH. She practiced balancing a bowl of ajus on her head for weeks. I’m sure we can all agree that these costumes are unusual, so you can imagine my dismay when she announced her intention to be Maria Callas this year. Esther, with Tom’s help constructed a representation of the balcony in Covent Garden where this famous opera Diva performed. She also carefully drew and cut out a life-size picture of Ari Onassis, Callas’s true love. It was agonizing to watch her drag Ari and the balcony construction door-to-door as she trick-or-treated. She soon fell far behind all the other kids in her group. I questioned her endlessly about why she chose Maria Callas to portray. She steadfastly refused to give me a straight answer.
Esther as Maria Callas.
At the very last house we were able to hear some mumbling that answered all our questions. Esther quietly said, “Aida my last cookie. Aria gonna give me another?” Finally, the whole picture fell into place.
Meghann says:
Ha! I can’t wait to see what my doggie sister comes up with next year!
Theresa M. says:
Esther is so very clever! Michael loves Star Wars the Clone Wars and wanted to be Jabba the Hutt so he spent the last month devouring anything and everything he could get off the counters, floors, baby chair, baby face, baby hand, etc. in order to try to bulk up for the part. When the big day rolled around he felt woefully thin around the midsection and moped in his crate instead of trick or treating. Poor guy!
Anonymous says:
You are too funny, AZW! And Esther makes a gorgeous Miss Callas!
Pam says:
Esther has such talent and imagination! Our Lucy thinks Halloween is just her chance to bark at the trick-or-treaters. Now that she knows about Esther, she can spend the year thinking up her costume for next Halloween. A pirate comes to mind.
Glad to see you are back in the blogosphere!