Suzi (6 Oct 2010)
"To Mike Re: Druid silliness"

I'm glad to see someone (besides my girls) has my wicked sense of humor! That was the first thing I thought of too! My girls are very into theater, photography and I've been making them costumes their whole lives. The combined hobbies have us doing what is known as 'cosplay'. Basically, dress up for adults! I usually make the costumes from some popular movie or book (Disney's Snow White and Alice in Wonderland, etc) and the oldest daughter will do a photo shoot of them all in character parts. It's just a fun past time we enjoy as a family.

My daughter said she wanted to do a 'Spaceballs' cosplay, I'd been keeping my eyes open at yardsales and thrift shops for an over the top, puffy sleeved wedding dress for Princess Vespa, the "Druish Princess" (of course, Mel Brooks' play on Jewish Princess). I found the perfect dress one day, and when I showed it to her (oh, and we have a pair of 'ear muffs' that have the hair buns too), we both laughed (it fit her perfectly) and said, " 1, 800, D R U I D I A" (a joke on her calling her daddy for help).

On a serious note. It doesn't surprise me that Druids are getting recognized as a religion...they ARE one. It's just, almost laughable that Christians are getting more and more persecuted, and these pagan/neo-pagan religions are becoming 'mainstream'.

Rejoice! We were told these days were coming!

Blessings~

Suzi