Purim costumes

It's also not too early to think about Purim costumes. There are some ideas at CreativeJewishMom.com. I recall that when we were at the Jewish Day School in Allentown, PA, my brother's entire class was Mordechai, Haman, or Achashverosh - except for him. He wanted to be Superman, and so he was. To this day, he asks my parents why they let him and now, as a parent, I think he knows why. He wouldn't have wanted to be anything else - and it makes for a good story, too.