The penguin twins

In August 2007 a movie about surfing penguins came out.  At the same time, Katrine was enamored with Pablo the penguin from the Backyardigans television show; particularly the episode where he surfs.  So, we took her to see the movie.  Glenn, being the kind of dad that he is, decided to make something special for Katrine’s Halloween costume.  His plan?  I was to create a simple penguin costume using craft foam, a black sweatshirt and some iron on bonding tape while he created a surf board.  As you can see, not only was she adorable but also loved it.

Fast forward five years and we have another three year old in the house (just much smaller).  Said daughter already loves penguins (not so much the surfing).  She has a penguin blanket for her bed, had me build her a shoebox house for a pair of stuffed penguins and has a penguin puppet who she named Meme (it was actually the first stuffed animal that she named).  Last week Elspeth discovered the penguin costume in our dress up box and fell in love.  The day she found it she wore it around the house, to Katrine’s school and the whole time that we were playing around in the arena while Katrine skated.  Of course, her penguin family accompanied her the whole time.