The Halloween Costume Awards are a little belated this year since many towns on the East Coast celebrated late due to Hurricane Sandy.
There were tons of photos submitted to the Mommy Shorts fanpage (including Peyton's direct challenge to Mazzy's Olivia costume up top) and I couldn't possibly use all of them. But I did my best.
I'm gonna give "Best Olivia" to Peyton, since I bet Peyton wore her ears all night and not just for the two seconds it took to take her picture. I had to bribe Mazzy with chocolate to put her ears on, and then they stayed as far away from her head as possible from that point forward.
Ready for the rest?
Let's start with Kinley who wins "Most Likely to Disappoint his Over-achieving Parents":
Next up we have Annalise who wins "Best Chicken Trap Set by a Lion":
Then there's Lucas who wins "Most Likely to Jump on Your Back, Scare the Living Daylights Out of You and Try to Steal Your Snacks" (although I might just be speaking from a personal experience):
"Best Clark Kent" was close but I'm giving it to Hurley (on right) for being the only baby I know who can sit still while wearing glasses and a tie:
Reese wins "Most Likely to Shop at Spencer's Gifts":
Aubrey wins the "Breaking the Glass Ceiling" award for her very brave Buzz Lightyear costume:
While Harper takes home "Most Impatient Monkey" for attempting to eat a fully-wrapped Hershey bar:
An oddly large amount of kids were up for "Best Garden Gnome" this year, but I had to give it to Jenna (bottom left) for being fenced into her stroller (as if straps weren't tantrum-inducing enough!):
Uriah won "Most Likely to Spend Her College Savings on Orthodonture":
The "BIG IN JAPAN" award goes to Evan and his brother Liam:
A POSE-OFF for "Best Spiderman" resulted in a tie:
Reagan takes home "Most Affectionate Ladybug":
Zoey and Sam win "Best Advertisement for 'The Paper Bag Princess' ". (Seriously, I just bought it.)
And Noah gets "Smartest Way to Hide a Belly Full of Fun Size Snickers":
Sadie wins the "How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You I Hate Wonder Woman???" award and her prize is a set of brand new parents!
These quadrulpets vied for "Best Boston Terrier Costume" and the one on the bottom totally kicked ass:
Peyton wins Rodney Dangerfield's role in the remake of Caddyshack:
"Best Family Costume" was a tough race between "Wizard of Oz", "Cat in the Hat" and "The Nerds", but ultimately, "The Nerds" teamed up with the Omega Moos, beat everyone in a tricycle race, sold topless photos disguised by pie for charity and gained control of the Greek Council:
Wesley's trash can costume wins "Most Humiliating Method of Keeping Your Toddler from Running Away":
"Best Wig" was a close race between Merida, Rapunzel and Strawberry Shortcake but Mazzy determined Strawberry Shortcake the winner. I think she was bribed with freshly baked sweets:
Oliver wins the "This is Even Funnier if You're Stoned" award for his CHEAP-ASS LAST-MINUTE NO-EFFORT costume. (See more cheapass last minute costumes here.)
"Cutest Costume" was a super tight race, including Dorothy, a tiger, Jessie, Thomas, Pocahontas, and a dragon:
Ultimately, I had to give it to siblings Elijah, Issiah and Nevaeh, because OH MY GOD, HOW ADORABLE ARE THEY???
Kaelyn and Maecyn win "Most Exhausting Costume" for lugging around their two ton EYE SCREAM TRUCK:
"Most Coordinated Siblings" was a tie between the Zoo and the Hogwarts Student Body but I'll give it to Hogwarts since by the looks of it, those parents are going to be dealing with five teenage girls at once:
"Least Coordinated Siblings" is a total toss-up but I'll give it to the Killer Clown, the Zombie and Mr. T:
Liam wins the "Lost in Translation" award for his Star Wars Stormtrooper riding a log in a barn:
Kateri wins "Most Successful Pirate" for her sippy cup full of LIQUID GOLD:
Abigael's Zombie Schoolgirl gets "Least Reformed from the Evil Baby Glare-Off":
While Coralie wins "Most Reformed from the Evil Baby Glare-off" for her less-than-threatening ladybug costume:
Oops, scratch that. Apparently, Coralie is dressed as "The Grouchy Ladybug":
Here's Elizabeth dressed as Blue from Blue's Clues. She wins "Most Likely to be Attacked, Bagged and Dragged Home By My Daughter":
The "Creeper Award" goes to Eddie and his embarassingly sparse mustache:
Marisa (on right) wins "Least Likely to Make it Through the Night Without Bite Marks":
Avia wins "Most Likely to Listen to Blind Melon":
And Ben wins "Most Likely to Walk Into Walls Instead of Through Them":
"The Kim Kardashian Award" goes to Ellery since she looks just as good coming as she does going:
Nora's candy corn wins "The Donna Martin Commemorative Mermaid Award" for making it impossible to get down a flight of stairs:
And Shai wins "The Mazzy Lifetime Achievement Award" for being "Least Likely to Quit Begging for that Tootsie Pop":
I would also like to award Brooklyn (on right) a special honor for proving last year's theory: one out of every ten toddlers will go as "Child Of A Mom Who Didn't Love Me Enough To Ignore My Massive Tantrum And Force Me Into My Dinosaur Costume":
And finally, I'll give the GRAND (prize-less) PRIZE to Jenna for her "Least Impressed with Halloween" costume:
Thank you to everyone who submitted pictures! There were so many cute ones that didn't get included.
Stay tuned for the next photo contest which will be "Babies Exiting the Birth Canal". You've all got plenty of shots to share, right?
Wish me luck over the weekend. I promise, if I give birth, you all will be the first to know.
Well, probably not, but I can't kick Mike out of the room and start tweeting, right? (Or can I…)
Have a great weekend!
— Mommy Shorts
Tks for including my J in Thomas the Train! The funniest awards were trapped by a lion, Clark Kent, impatient monkey (ha!), best garden gnome, and where to hide fun size snickers. These kids are the cutest. Sorry I wont be contributing to your birth canal contest ;). Have a great weekend! Oh, and Mr T totally made me laugh.
Awesome! Thanks for including us – though I have to admit that my favorite was the pissed off Wonder Womans. They do not like fighting evil in those outfits… Good luck with birthing this weekend – get the drugs – God wouldn’t have created the smart people who made them, if he didn’t want us to use them!!
Aww, Thank you for including us!
Hahah loved it and Ben did walk into walls, funny how you knew that. He also walked into a glass door, a pole, our front door, a rack of clothes, our car, and other trick or treaters. Maybe I should’ve made the eye holes bigger….eh well!
Dear Mazzy, if we are ever in New York, we’ll bring my Elizabeth/Blue by for a playdate.
(Thank you for choosing my sweetpotato!)
oh I loved looking at all those pictures, for someone (ME!!!) who really despises Halloween, these pictures made me awww and sigh and ooogle all these adorable kiddos.
I wish I had entered Gio and Jacob…maybe next year. 🙂
Thanks for including Peyton…they both made some pretty adorable Olivia’s!!
Thanks for including Coralie. 🙂
I’m speechless on the next photo contest. I don’t think I have any photos that aren’t incredibly indecent! I’m wondering just how these are going to go down– all c-section babies? 😉
Good luck to you! I’ll be anxiously awaiting the news!
And thanks for including my zookeeper and animals. I guess the other parents deserve the win. I guess. 🙂
The little pumpkins are always my favorite! Great costumes!
I was kidding about the birth canal photo contest. Is that not clear? I don’t want to see photos of my own vagina, let alone yours! 😉
If Sadie’s new parents can come by for a few hours a day for maybe 4-5 days per week, we totally accept the award!
Also, Sadie’s costume will STILL fit her next Halloween, so she’s got a year to find her love for Wonder Woman.
Oh Ilana you did it again. That was hysterical as always. LOVE that Coralie. I also saw a BEE costume on Halloween – a little ~ 10 y.o. girl going along the walking path about 4:30 in the afternoon WAVING wildly at all the cars. She was hysterical.
What a hilarious post! We’re honored to be included!
Strawberry Shortcake had a blast looking through all these pics. And she says to tell Mazzy thank you for choosing her. If you lived in FL, we totally would make you cupcakes! 🙂
Thanks for including Kateri. All these kids are adorable… but I kind of wish I could get away with the ‘Doesn’t wear her costume’ shirt.
Good luck in your last week!
OMG! I love these. Thanks for making me smile. I feel sorry for poor Wonder Woman, though — to live life so misunderstood!
Super fun post! My quadruplets were also excited to be included. My favorite costume/comment was the Donna Martin candy corn. Too funny!
Fun! Thanks for all the work you put into this. Good luck with week 40!
Hilarious! Thanks for including Uriah!
Beautiful costumes and creativity really,
I think I’ll steal an idea my little sister
I never eventhought of the Clark Kent idea… We’re expecting a boy in early Feb (Lisa Marie will be barely 14 months, ha!), and I very well might steal that idea.
Lisa Marie was SuperBean! for Halloween this year — I know she’s going to love having pictures up of it when she’s 16.
Aubrey says thanks for including her so that the world knows she’s a little lady! All super adorable kiddos!
Gutted because I could totally win that contest, thanks to the Dutch not giving a crap about being sued.
I almost pee’d myself with the Blind Melon caption!
I love the kid doctor, kind of like a much younger version of Doogie Howser. I bet you guys had so much fun, these are all great. Congratulations to all the winner, I hope you all had a blast!