First Halloween

As previously reported in the Picture of the Day, we had a last-minute inspiration to dress Trixie up as a “Monster B-Movie Poster.” A giant radioactive Trixie looms over the city, demolishing buildings as the Army tries to take her down.

We didn’t go trick-or-treating this year. She’s too young to eat anything, and I feel that I’m at the age and position in my life where if I want some candy, I can just go to store rather than stumble around the neighborhood in the dark begging from door to door. However, we did get to showcase the Atomic Baby for friends at a fun costume party.

Here are a few more pictures of the costume, including detail shots of the Army desperately trying to hold the line:

“Attack of the Atomic Baby!”

From left: Trixie prepares to level the city, Trixie stomping unfortunate soldiers into the ground.

Clockwise from top left: Bazookas deployed, storming the perimeter, waiting for the threat to emerge from behind the cloud of dust and smoke, and sniper taking aim.

As with any project, I wish there had been a little more time to totally finish the details. There really needs to be a couple of tanks or a howitzer, and maybe some crushed cars. If she had been a little older, I would have made a city bus that she could shake around like a rattle. Still, it was fun to make and Trixie liked towering over everything, so we consider it a pretty good Halloween.