Magic, The Gathering

So Halloween is almost upon us and it is time to finish up the kids' costumes. This year the kids have decided to be Magic cards. In case you've never heard of it, Magic, The Gathering is a card game that Jacob and I used to play back in our college days. We saved the cards and recently, during a hurricane power outage, we brought them out to teach the kids; something to pass the long days stuck at home.

Well, the kids have really gotten into the game. And because this latest obsession happened to occur during the Halloween season, they decided to change their costume ideas from Diablo characters (a computer game) to magic cards. Casia is used to dressing as unfamiliar characters; for second grade she was Lady Macbeth and last year she was Medusa (fortunately, the Percy Jackson books have popularized Greek Mythology and so a few of her friends were familiar with the story.) I warned them that most people will have no idea what they are and they're okay with that. It will actually be fun to wander the neighborhood and learn which of neighbors used to play.