This wasn't his initial response. We tried steering him toward Max from "Where the Wild Things Are" so that Pete and Clementine could be 'wild things'. The boys had the initial idea to be Thomas trains, but then who would that make Clementine? Sir Topham Hat?
After seeing the animated movie "Horton Hears a Who", Pete decided he wanted to be the story's hero, Jojo. When Elise asked Pete why he wanted to be Jojo, unprompted, he replied, "Because Jojo saves the day." That was a pretty good reason. And so even though we worry that no one will recognize Jojo, Elise raced out to Taguatinga to buy the supplies needed to make Peter into a pint-size replica of Jojo (oh wait....Jojo already is pint-sized).
At some point along the way, Sam decided he was going to be Lion Man. I'm not exactly sure who Lion Man is, but evidently, he is Sam's secret alter ego. Lion Man is half-man, half-lion and--get this--breathes fire. Cool, huh?
But neither Elise nor I knew what Lion Man looked like. We asked Sam what Lion Man would wear, but it was hard to get a straight answer out of him with all the roaring and fire-breathing that was taking place. So, Sam and I googled 'Lion Man' to get some ideas.
This is what we found:
I'm not sure if this is what Sam had in mind, but he seemed pretty impressed.
This guy looked a little more like a Mupper factory reject:
But the picture Sam felt most represented his vision of Lion Man was this guy:
How Sam is going to pull this off, I'm not quite sure. I don't think there are enough days between now and Halloween for him to hit the gym. Maybe some day.
Anyway, it should be interesting, so definitely stay tuned.
2 comments:
hysterical.
That is hilarious!
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