“Next year we have to be animals again”

Last year I wrote a post about Halloween costumes and how while my younger daughter was fine with buying character costumes for dress up she thought people should be recognizable animals for Halloween. In keeping with her beliefs she was a cat this year, but due to all the things children have had to give up in the Time of Corona and due to the uncertainty of whether there would be trick or treating at all, when her older daughter wanted to be Mal of The Descendents in a store bought costume this year she said yes to Mal and yes to Evie for her younger daughter as well.

They did get to do some trick or treating this year. Due to the social distancing aspect of it the fact that people might not know what characters they were was less of an issue.

A few days later my younger granddaughter said, “Next year I want to be Mal and you can be Evie.” My older granddaughter replied, “No, next year we have to be animals again.”