Tara Benwell

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Same Play Different Day

Unlike the rest of the girls in her preschool class, our daughter did not want to be something pretty last Halloween. Among the princesses, fairies, and ladybugs, our little hippo did not go unnoticed. It went without saying that she would need a hippo costume for Halloween as well as a hippo themed party for her birthday. While at first my husband and I were proud that she hadn't fallen for Dora or Barbie, we soon learned that in large doses, hippos could be equally annoying

July 11, 2008