“Dad!” Annie yelled as she ran into our bedroom. “I want to be something really, really, REALLY scary for Halloween!”
I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and tried to calculate just how far away Halloween was. “Honey, Halloween is like four months way.”
“I know, Dad, but -”
“Actually, it’s like five months away.”
“I know, Dad, but -”
“Hold on. It’s six months.”
“I know, but I want to be something REALLY scary!”
“Okay, well, when Halloween rolls around we’ll make sure you’re REALLY scary.”
Annie was not about to table this discussion for another six months, though, so she soon appeared having cobbled this costume together:
“Is this scary, Dad?”
“It’s pretty scary, alright.”
“What do I look like?”
“You actually look a lot like… Ozzy Osbourne.”
“Who’s that?”
“Never mind.”
Annie grimaced and said, “It’s not scary enough.”
A few hours later I was changing James’ diaper when Annie came in and sat down.
“Dad, I’m still trying to think of something REALLY scary.”
I snapped James’ onesie together and put him on my shoulder. Just then the perfect “scary” costume for Annie dawned on me.
“What about… A zombie princess?”
“YES!!!!” Annie cried out, her eyes widening. “A ZOMBIE PRINCESS!!!”
“That’s scary, right?”
“Yes! You know what would be even better, Dad? A Zombie Sofia the First!”
Except, you know, a zombie version.
“That would be very cool, Annie. Very scary!”
Annie nodded, then suddenly gasped.
“Or I could just be Sofia!”
“But I thought you wanted to be something scary for -”
“SOFIA!” Annie hollered as she ran out of the room. “MOM! I’M GOING TO BE SOFIA!!”
Halloween cannot come fast enough.
Lanie says:
Annie will be an adorable Sophia – but there is a chance she will change her mind in the next 6 months :-). We have the “cannot wait for Halloween to get here right now” at our house too. Our twins usually change their costume choices about 47 times before the big day. I have learned to print out a calendar and let them cross out the days till Halloween!
TamaraL says:
Ozzy Osbourne is the first thing I thought of too! I think it was that expression…and the glasses. Why isn’t that scary enough??
Lanie says:
P.S. there are 179 days till Halloween (# of days until Halloween every year are calculated on this website – http://www.daysuntil.com/Halloween/index.html).
Barbi Emel says:
bahaha, you should totally send the picture to Sharon at her show. Annie does look like Ozzy
Pattie says:
The Ozzy Osbourne comment was spot-on. So long, Zombie Sofia, hello regular old Sofia!
Allison says:
I know this feeing… my son who has Down Syndrome has been talking about “Grad” every day for the last year….. he doesn’t graduate for 2 more years. Kill me now!!
Stacie says:
Bahaha…she DOES look like Ozzy! Thanks for the laugh to start my day!
Joy says:
I saw Annie’s picture on BuzzFeed. I tried to take a screen shot but couldn’t on myiPad. Thought you might like to know..
Heather says:
Was it on one of Mike’s posts?
Carrie says:
My 5 year old wizard of oz loving daughter just today decided she was gonna be the tinman but the girl version. I actually love the idea, but the countdown to Halloween is way to long. I’m hoping to get a summer here in Nj first.
Anna says:
My first thought was Elton John, but you’re right, it’s totally Ozzy!
Kristin @ In Between the Piles says:
Wow – she does look like Ozzy Osbourne! That would be my vote for Halloween!