Halloween 2009

Even though Halloween is one of my least favorite holidays, I loved dressing Natalie up. And I love that she's too young to tell me that the costumes I picked out are [insert eye roll here] so lame. Because I know there will come a time where I have to tell her no, you may NOT dress as [insert generic pop icon here] because you may NOT dress like a hoochie.

(How come practically every costume geared towards females is skanky and inappropriate? Girls can't dress up like a normal nurse or a normal cop or a normal pirate. No, the options we have are a naughty nurse or a naughty cop or a naughty pirate. Not cool, Mr. Halloween Costume Industry. Not cool.)

Nat's "Cool Weather Costume"

Looking a little fed up with the wings

Shakin' her groove thang in her cool weather costume

She's not smiling - I just happened to take a picture of her
while she was in the middle of blubbering her lips

Me and my Nattie Chicken

She tolerated her silly costume quite nicely

Hot costume + sweaty baby = craaaaazy hair

Another mid-blubber shot

At Northminster's Fall Festival

Natalie is obviously not impressed with my attempt
at getting her to smile

Chicken Dance!

Dancing with Daddy is the best

At Calvary Chapel's Harvest Festival

Watching the big kids sumo wrestle

My love and my little (chicken) love

Believe it or not, she's actually quite happy in this picture

She flapped her arms/wings all day!

My happy little chicken

Natalie, don't look now ...
but you have a Daddy stuck to your bum.

She got very squeal-y when the music started playing

Chicken close-up!

Examining Daddy's eye

The most excited ever

Doing flips with Daddy

Upside down chicken!

She's so skilled that she can dance with her eyes closed

A break from the hot part of the costume
(And yes, I am your mother)

At our friends' Halloween/birthday party

She looks absolutely terrified ... not quite sure why

Quickly getting tired of the day's festivities

Post-costume playtime on our bed

Post-costume sweaty/curly hair

I have no idea where this face came from

Post-costume sock-eating

Post-costume flying with Daddy

Halloween smooches

Team Smith!

Wrestling with Daddy

Natalie is very easy to pin ...

And just because this is a cute picture, here's one more ...