Costumes
by carolynholm
Dear Alpha Mommy,
I’m glad you didn’t make me wear this costume for Halloween.
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
No, I could tell you really weren’t on board with it.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
I didn’t like Halloween at all.
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
Why not?
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
All those kids coming to our house in costume. It makes me nervous when kids are not normal.
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
They were just having fun. And it’s fun for a lot of adults too.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
Mia says colleges are not allowing some kinds of costumes.
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
That’s true. They aren’t allowing kids to dress up simply as someone from another culture. Like a Sheik. Or a Geisha. Some people think that by dressing up in some other culture’s clothing they are wearing a costume, but that’s just lazy and offensive.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
What’s wrong with lazy?
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
Halloween is an opportunity to be clever! I know someone who went as the artist Yayoi Kusama, and her boyfriend was a Kusama Infinity Room. She wore polka dots and he was covered with lights. Now that’s clever! And there was a toddler whose mom made him a costume as the Hungry Caterpillar.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
Humans can be so strange.
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
It’s just once a year.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
Instagram was overrun with dogs in costume.
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
And some people even dress up their cats. I don’t think I’d want to try that.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
Mia says Puffin was a Killer Whale for Halloween.
XOXO Poppy
Dear Poppy,
That is funny. Mia is a clever cat.
Love, Carolyn
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