dual personalities

I have never been a huge Halloween person and have been pretty disturbed by the degree to which my neighbors have gone overboard with decorations this year. I guess everyone is in need of some catharsis? But I could do without faux graveyards on every corner. That said, I felt a real intense need to get my darling daughter into a pumpkin costume this month and I have no shame.

As I said on Instagram, this is truly the internet content we need right now.

The pumpkin beret! The booties! Her little tongue! She was feeling this costume.

After round one of photos, I decided I wanted to try to stuff the tummy so that it had more of a pumpkin feel, because this is how I bring myself joy.

Well,it sort of worked, but I guess I got less careful about keeping my own body out of the frame. And also, someone had had enough of not putting things in her mouth.

In other news, my iPhone storage problems have returned, probably because my camera roll looks like this:

The babe continues to be the sweetest “pumpkin” around. She continues to love her feet. Her thumb has also grown in her estimation. Sometimes she manages to suck her thumb and grasp her foot simultaneously — a double whammy of comfort.

We all have our coping methods — hers are just more adorable.