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As the conversation turned (yet again) to Halloween, Ella exclaimed that she wanted to be a villain. Lauren turned to me immediately, the tears already filling her eyes. "Mom. Please don't let Ella be a villain. I'm very scared of villain costumes."

"I don't think Ella's going to be a villain, Lauren."

"But if she is, please don't make her a green villain. I really don't like green villains."

"Okay." She perked up at an apparently comforting thought, then said,

"Could you make her a pink villain?"

"Probably." She seemed concerned again. 

"And what about the eyes, Mom? Can you make them . . . happy eyes?"

"Yes. Definitely. If Ella is a villain, she will be a pink, happy-eyed villain."

She laughed at the thought of it. 

Someone has been watching too much Scooby Doo.