Mary Todd Lincoln

On Friday Marissa's school had Lincoln day. Although it was a little strange to us that they celebrated Lincoln's life on George Washington's birthday. Anyways, the boys were asked to dress up like Abe Lincoln and the girls like Mary Todd Lincoln.

Thank you to our good friends who let us borrow the outfit. Since it was a few sizes to big, after about 40 or so safety pins we made it work! Marissa was very excited about dressing up for school.



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Anonymous said…
Lookin' good, Mary Todd Lincoln!! Did your mom get blisters putting in all those safety pins? :)
February 25, 2008 at 4:29 PM
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