With so many people in New York City, it’s hard to find a Halloween Costume that is unique. Here we see Grace making a new pitch on an old costuming theme: the Statue of Liberty.
She thinks that she may have been the model for the statue in her prior life:
Two weekends ago, Grace was finally able to complete the cycle of meeting all of her first cousins after Anna, accompanied by Grace’s Aunt Karen, made the trek from the only state that can still legally secede from the union: Texas.Unlike Grace’s Aunt Anne who has developed a Kentucky accent that rivals that of many Kentucky natives - Aunt Karen has remained true to her New York roots and prevented the Texas drawl from infiltrating her vernacular. Anna, who is quite the talker, doesn’t seem to have the Texas accent just yet, and she doesn’t wear cowboy boots or know how to two-step. These are both very hopeful signs.
Here’s a series of photos of Grace & Anna’s first meeting:
It was a three-generation day as Grace and her parents, Anna and her mom and Grace & Anna’s Great Grandma Gigi were altogether in one room. If that doesn’t scream WILD PARTY, I don’t know what does.
To make sure Anna got the full midtown Manhattan experience, Anna, Karen and Anna’s Uncle “Jibby” went to Madison Square park to join what seemed like 500 other children who were clamouring for access to the 2 slides and 5 swings in the park. Although she’s not Texan, Anna clearly developed some southern manners as she never argued when the extreme slding or swinging needs of the other children appeared drastically more important than her own — nor did she aruge with the parents of these children who clearly thought that disciplining their children for pushing and shoving would somehow interfere with the child’s expression of his or her individuality.
Even a Columbus Day visit to Pittsburgh to visit her Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Mary and Uncle Ed could not break Grace from her evening bathing ritual — here she tests the Pittsburgh waters, and reaches the same conclusion as her Grandparents: Pittsburgh water is great to bath in; terrible for drinking.
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