I Caved...

... and am going with a sheep for Lara's costume. In my defense, at least she'll be really warm, which is a must since it's suddenly forty degrees outside. Here is the wool part, as modeled by a ginormous stuffed monkey:



Yesterday we went to the aquarium, which has decided on rather a morbid set of displays to commemorate Halloween. I'm glad Lara cared not a whit about what might have killed and dessicated this guy and instead mostly wanted to play with the rubber snakes swarming over his corpse.



I mean, I'm not wrong, am I? With the head turned in a my-neck-was-snapped fashion? And the mouth open in a howl and everything? Maybe it's a bit much for the under 5 crowd? Ah, well.