OCTOBER IN NOVEMBER

Okay, so it's November now, but let's backtrack a teeny bit and talk about October for a second...

OCTOBER. My favourite month of the year. Why? Because it means fall weather. Changing leaves. Comfy sweaters. The smell of apples and cinnamon and pumpkins...

...which brings us to HALLOWEEN! Kids trick-or-treating in their cute little costumes, ghosts and goblins and everything scary, and, again, PUMPKINS! Carving pumpkins, baking pumpkin pie, roasting pumpkin seeds, even all those pumpkin-flavoured drinks and foods that start appearing on menus everywhere!

Oh, and I was born in October. Just saying.

Anyway, for what has become an annual tradition, I go to Washington Square Park (note: I've gone alone these last couple of years...creepy? Not really, if you look around and take note of all the old guys with digital cameras...eep!) for the annual Greenwich Village Children's Halloween Parade.

So without further ado, here are some of my faves from this year's batch of babies in their amazing, double amazing, triple amazing, and of course, ADORABLE costumes:

1. BUMBLEBABY

One of the more popular choices, I noticed. Apparently, bugs are IN. Specifically, bumblebees and ladybugs!

2. DADDY'S LITTLE PRINCESS

But of course...which little girl isn't daddy's princess?

3. BABY GIRAFFE

Comes complete with a puppy knapsack! Aw!

4. DON'T I KNOW YOU?

First of all, I'm pretty sure I photographed this SAME little boy at last year's parade! Secondly, as most of you know, I am a huge softie for Eurasian bebes, so naturally, I love him.

5. NO CLUE

Help. Who or what is this special little guy supposed to be?

6. THOMAS AND TEDDY

Japanese brothers. Thomas the Tank Engine was holding their puppy on a leash. Unbelievable. I wanted to steal them BOTH. By the way, they're watching the NYU Marching Band go by...mesmerizing!

7. LITTLE MISS POLAR BEAR

She was so easy to photograph because she never took her eyes off of me! Love the tongue.

8. COW DO YOU DO?

Love the soft baby wave he is giving me...hello there!

9. SCOOBY DOO

Kudos to this guy's parents for picking out such a sweet costume...so cute!

10. WALL-E

...and if there was a prize for best costume, it would have gone to Wall-E over here. He was the HIT of the parade, no joke. Every little kid that walked by him would tug on their mommy's hands and then go, "Look, it's Wall-E!" AND his mama was dressed up as Eva! Ahh, I know!