Halloween is nigh (ish) upon us, and if you (like me) don’t have your costume set upon, you need to get cracking. Since I don’t have mine decided, I’ve been looking at Halloween costumes for babies. Growing up, I think I only had one storebought costume (Supergirl, in case you’re wondering), and I’m pretty sure it was a) pajamas, and b) a hand-me-down. I wore the crap out of that outfit, as well as all ones that my mom either painstakingly or haphazardly made me. Once I got older and made my own costumes, I wore the crap out of them too, but that was more because I usually made them out of my own clothes or our dress-up chest, and I have always had a kind of… unusual fashion sense. In fact, just the other day, my mom “offered” to get me some clothes to wear to our Thanksgiving family reunion this year, because apparently I usually embarrass her with the clothes I choose. In the words of Stephanie “Step On Me” Tanner, how rude.
Anyway. Baby Halloween costumes. For the record, these are all adorable, but I do not condone prostitot costumes. Not kidding, I saw a baby showgirl costume. That’s disgusting, and also that baby kind of looks like Bat Boy. But don’t worry, parents and people who like adorable things, there are plenty of age appropriate and INSANELY CUTE costumes. Most of them are animals.
I know exactly why I love dinosaurs. I, like everyone else born in or after 1982, grew up watching the Land Before Time movies. The first one was my favorite growing up, and I loved when my mom would let me get it from the video store. Like with Golden Girls, Sex and the City, or the judging panel on America’s Next Top Model, there’s a character that everyone can identify with. Are you the sexaholic fifty-something? Congratulations, you’re Blanche (or Samantha)! Are you a hilarious midget? Why, hello Sophia! Are you batshit insane with an affinity for wearing wigs that may or may not be flattering? Looks like you’re a member of Team Tyra. Or Team J. Alexander. You get to choose, you switch hitter, you!
In the Land Before Time, there are five main characters: Littlefoot, earnest, intelligent, he’s the Carrie of the gang; Ducky, the “innocent,” naive, Rose type; Petrie, afraid of lots of things, like Rose in the episode where she had to fly to the Bahamas to give a eulogy; Spike, mute and hungry, is the Sloth of the Land Before Time (no one from any of those shows is ever mute); then there’s Cera. Cera is snobby, rude, full of herself, kind of a bitch, and a total racist. And she has my name! Obviously I was a really big fan. I never play with longnecks either.
