Birding on Halloween

About a month or two ago Anni asked Elise what she would like to be for Halloween.
She wanted to be a bird. After discussing colors, they settled on a red bird.
So that was that. Anni set about making a red bird costume. She found a red sweatshirt and bought felt and started cutting feathers -- well over a hundred of them. She attached them to the back of the sweatshirt, gave the bird a beak and eyes and -- voila! -- Elise had a red bird costume.
Actually, it took quite a bit longer than that. It turned out great, though.
So then Anni made a bird costume for herself. A red-winged blackbird, to be accurate. (It was so accurate that Roger Tory Peterson would've whistled at her.)
Tonight the red bird hit the neighborhood trick-or-treating, bouncing from house to house. (OK, there were only five houses, but a little bucket full of candy is still a bucket full of candy to a 2-year-old.) Elise was either excited or antsy by the time we reached our next-door neighbors' house. It was our last stop.
She walked to the door, knocked and yelled, "Hey!!"
They answered, dished out candy and the red bird returned to the nest to tally her loot. It was a good holiday.