One year old you are, as cute in a Yoda costume you will not look.
He was actually kind of smitten by the little bumble bee to his left (not that you can tell by his expression).
And she with him. This is after he laid a wet one on her. Looks like she wants some more of that sugar. Working his Jedi charm.
;-)
(I'm also thinking a faint Flying Nun influence, perhaps, but that's probably projection.)
Posted by: Gary Farber | October 30, 2010 at 04:41 PM
Cute, Eric, though you have to remember the secret of Jedis' success is their reliance on "mind tricks" - as in "Jedi mind tricks".
Posted by: Jay C | October 30, 2010 at 04:47 PM
bumble bees'll do that to ya.
that's a beautiful boy eric.
Posted by: russell | October 30, 2010 at 05:22 PM
Sorry, the kids adorable but the hat looks more like the donkey in Pinocchio...Just sayin.
Posted by: Marty | October 30, 2010 at 05:58 PM
Victor and his mom:
Posted by: Brett Bellmore | October 30, 2010 at 06:02 PM
Gangsta!
(meant in a good way ;)
Posted by: Eric Martin | October 30, 2010 at 07:34 PM
I see your gangster and raise you a fairy princess.
Actually, this is from last year. This year she's going to be a pumpkin. Pictures to follow.
Posted by: Chuchundra | October 30, 2010 at 07:54 PM
Well played Chuchundra.
Where, pray tell, is Jacob Davies with his entry in the contest?
Posted by: Eric Martin | October 31, 2010 at 08:42 AM
I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee
Won't my mother be so proud of me?
Posted by: Hogan | October 31, 2010 at 02:47 PM
Will take some photos later - we forgot the costume when we went to the Piedmont Ave Halloween Parade in Oakland yesterday, but saw a lot of great kid costumes. My favorite was the kid dressed as a garbage guy pulling a little handcart they'd turned into a tiny garbage truck.
All cute photos!
Halloween is a great holiday, I like the fact that it gets kids out in their neighborhoods and forces them to talk to strangers. Those are undervalued experiences.
Posted by: Jacob Davies | October 31, 2010 at 05:06 PM
Victor went out tonight with his best bud, Brandon. They both got tired early. Thank goodness, I'm not so hot in the dark with these cataracts. (Surgery on the 10th.)
Posted by: Brett Bellmore | October 31, 2010 at 08:04 PM
I can has?
Posted by: Jacob Davies | October 31, 2010 at 10:06 PM
That is verra, verra cute, Jacob!
Posted by: Slartibartfast | November 01, 2010 at 08:05 AM
Trick? There is no trick. There is only treat.
Posted by: Tom Allen | November 01, 2010 at 08:48 AM
I would have very much liked that Wolverine costume when I was that age.
Posted by: Eric Martin | November 01, 2010 at 09:14 AM
When I was a kid, Wolverine hadn't been invented yet, and Lee and Kirby only invented the original X-Men when I was about to turn 5.
(I used to have some issues with single digits, and the first set of teens, before my father threw them out, along with the rest of my collection of that beginning-of-the-silver-age; it's a classic custom.)
Also, I used to occasionally see Chris Claremont at sf parties in NY, back in the Eighties, mostly because he was married to Amy Stout (an sf editor), though I doubt Chris remembers me, and probably Amy doesn't, either.
I'm trying to remember what I dressed as at Halloween as a kid, and at the moment, utterly failing. Must ponder.
Posted by: Gary Farber | November 01, 2010 at 10:52 AM
My oldest X-Men is #23. Also have an Iron Man in the single digits.
Posted by: Eric Martin | November 01, 2010 at 10:53 AM
Elvis baby, Elvis.
Posted by: Ugh | November 01, 2010 at 10:56 AM
Ovaries? Exploding. What awesomely cute kids.
I saw another wee Yoda at my door last night. She must have been all of 2 years old. I think I actually squeeed.
Posted by: Mary | November 01, 2010 at 12:02 PM
"My oldest X-Men is #23"
But mine were new.
Well, some of them. The earliest ones I got were when the barbershop was getting rid of them, and they were between a few months to a year or two old.
I liked both DC and Marvel; I swung both ways.
Posted by: Gary Farber | November 01, 2010 at 12:54 PM
Never got into DC. But in terms of Marvel, I racked up a serious collection of X-Men, Daredevil and Spidey.
New at the time, as well as some back-issues purchased on the side.
Posted by: Eric Martin | November 01, 2010 at 01:13 PM
"Never got into DC."
I have no idea what the stats are, but lots of readers have always been primarily or entirely readers of just one of the Big Two; I mentioned that, overall, I liked both, since it's unusual.
Some other time, if anyone wants to talk comics, I can expand in more detail as to which era I thought which company was doing the better work and which was sucking more, and talk a little bit about some of the other players (Charlton), and later alternatives, though I immediately confess my knowledge of the rest of comicsdom is highly limited.
More some other time, when I have more time, if anyone cares.
Posted by: Gary Farber | November 01, 2010 at 08:25 PM
Here's a recent DC fan at the Stewart/Colbert rally.
Meanwhile, Scott Eric Kaufman's latest.
Posted by: Gary Farber | November 01, 2010 at 09:44 PM
Somewhere on the web lurks a stunning picture of Katherine R. as Queen of the Night with her exquisitely beautiful almost 2-year-old Papagena.
Posted by: Redstocking Grandma | November 08, 2010 at 06:13 AM
Omit one letter from my blog address and get terrifying results. I will try again with the less personal Open Salon blog.
Posted by: Redstocking Grandma | November 08, 2010 at 06:17 AM
"Somewhere on the web lurks a stunning picture of Katherine R. as Queen of the Night with her exquisitely beautiful almost 2-year-old Papagena."
I suggested she post it to this thread, but no go, although there are a variety of good reasons not to.
Posted by: Gary Farber | November 08, 2010 at 09:20 AM