No fun getting all dressed up for Halloween without a party to go to. Luckily, Maile’s friend Allison convinced her parents to let her throw a little get together.
Here’s the lineup:
From left to right: Wills, Maile, Hannah and Allison
Wills was a farmer. As we’ve already discussed Maile was Totoro. Hannah was a pink rabbit and Allison was a cow. They were all ridiculously cute. But the expressions on each of their faces was hilarious. Check out the video below (or click here).
Hannah’s expression just completely cracked me up:
Seriously, what's up with this gray rat thing sitting next to me? And, oh dad, yeah, I'm going to remember this pink rabbit thing. Yes, yes I will.
If you still haven’t had enough of the babies and their costumes – here’s a whole bunch more pictures. Definitely a very successful first Halloween!
(Mommy’s side of the family just giggled and said “aww that’s so adorable.” Daddy’s side of the family just nodded their heads and said, “riiiight… Totoro.”)
So to make sure we are all on the same page – Totoro is a character from a 1988 Japanese anime film called My Neighbor Totoro. The film was written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki – who is basically the Japanese version of Walt Disney. Most important Totoro is one of Christine’s favorite anime films. Maile is already quite familiar with Totoro – although she hasn’t seen the movie yet, Totoro is in drawings Chrisitne made that hang over her crib.
Here’s a look at Totoro from the film:
Totoro is the big gray rabbit-like creature on the left.
And here’s a good picture of Maile in the Totoro outfit:
The full view of Maile's Totoro costume
You can barely tell the difference, right? Which begs the question: where does one get such an authentic Totoro outfit? That’s the best part – Grandma Gail made it for Maile! How amazingly cool is that!?
So a big Totoro thank you to Grandma Gail for kicking Maile’s first Halloween off in style!
