Anna, aka "Sister Bear," aka "Mini Mouse"

Anna is a big fan of the Berenstain Bears. She loves to hear the books, retell the stories herself, and watch Berestain Bears shows on a few DVDs we have. A few months ago she decided that she was the character, "Sister Bear," Matt was "Papa Bear," Abby was "Baby Honey," and I was...get this, "Brother Bear." You may be wondering who plays the part of "Mama Bear."? That would be Grandpa. So for a while whenever we played the part of our bear characters Anna would ask where Mama Bear was and we were supposed to say, "North Carolina." In the past few months we have spent a number of Saturdays exclusively going by these names, which is pretty funny.

Then today Anna took on a new persona: Mini Mouse! You may remember that Anna was Mini Mouse for Halloween. Well, today she asked me if I could get her Mini Mouse costume out from the attic. (It was actually just in a closet upstairs, but she has learned that most things holiday related go to the attic.) I brought it down and she put the dress AND ears on. (You may also remember from Halloween that Anna was not a big fan of the ears at that time.) Well, today she spent the entire day in the dress and the ears. I didn't let her wear the ears in the tub (they fall off a lot) so she wanted them to sit on the bathroom floor right next to her so she could look at them. She put them back on for story time before bed. Then when I sang her good-night song (which has her name in it) she wanted me to replace her name with "Mini Mouse." I wouldn't let her sleep with the ears, but she wanted them in eye sight of her bed so she could go to bed looking at them.

We have yet to see whether Sister Bear has permanently changed into Mini Mouse or if Sister Bear will return. I'm just wondering if Mini Mouse is hear to stay, what character will I get to be? I'm really hoping for a girl this time. Daisy Duck would be nice. I would even take Clarabelle Cow. I just don't want to be Goofy or Pluto.