serendipity

Sophie is totally into Greek mythology and wanted to be Athena for Halloween. She is so thrilled about the costume that I made and is proud that we did all the research and made it as authentic as possible (except for the golden Keens - a kind of homage to Sophia Coppola's Marie Antoinette). Athena is the goddess of intellectual wisdom and of crafts and technology, which is a perfect fit for Sophie, since her name is Greek and means wisdom and she loves arts, crafts and technology. Athena's sign is the owl and Sophie is crazy about owls. And to top it off, Athena is the goddess of weapons (though prefers peaceful resolutions and diplomacy as first course of action) and our little 10 year old wants to take some sword fighting classes. Is this serendipity or not?

Just one thing, John did not swallow me while I was pregnant and Sophie did not jump out from his head when his son split his head open to help with the headaches... gotta love Greek mythology, it is just completely absurd.