halloween chicken

Our deliberations over Abby's Halloween costume have officially ended. She's going to be a chicken. She couldn't relate to my Marvin the Martian idea, but she has fully thrown herself into preparing for her big debut as a chicken, practicing her clucks and boks all day long. 

Mira decided on dressing as fairy and of course wanted one of those pre-fab jobs from the costume store. Oh well. We'll have to flex our creative muscles on Abby's costume this year instead. Here's the picture/inspiration for our little chicken (from Martha Stewart). We've got all the parts (feather boas, the makings for the feet and comb, and I'm going to try and work in a beak somewhere). You'll have to wait and see how the end result turns out.