Leta Frog
It's been snowing all day long and our cable modem has been out until just right now (2:49 PM, BASTARDS!).
Could she have been anything else for Halloween? I DIDN'T THINK SO.
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Heather talks about overcoming depression on today's Momversation.
- Leta: "STOP FOLLOWING ME, COCO!"
I wonder where she picked up that exclamation.
- Me: "Hey Marlo, here's a vibrantly colored, squeaky toy made specifically for your age group!"
Marlo: "Got any knives?"
- @makeandtakes my pleasure! Had a great time with you guys!
1. Lauren said:
Big SMOOOOOOCHES.
Happy Halloween Edible Leta!
2. Lauren said:
Agh! Adorable.
3. g said:
Oooh! Let's see the whole sh'bang!
4. Annie said:
Oh my god. Leta, the Frog Princess, has attitude. Must cuddle small child.
How are you gonna take her trick-or-treating with all of that snow?
5. nance said:
awww, she is so CUTE.
happy halloween armstrongs!
6. Spring said:
Ribbit!
7. marie said:
i think my ovaries just skipped a beat.
she's edible.
8. tlc said:
Oh goodness me. I can only hope to have such a cute child. How can you make it through the day without eating her up every second? Ohh yes, right! When a child wakes up screaaaaming, that lessens the cuteness factor somewhat.
9. domino said:
You just made me grin from ear to ear :)
Thank you.
10. Liz said:
FROG BABY!
11. Mia said:
I thought that was Snoopy sneaking up on Leta from behind before I realized that was the frog's EYE.
Either way, I am sufficiently creeped out (but also enchanted, of course, by the beauty that is Leta).
Happy Halloween kids!
12. Liisa said:
Holy crap is she cute!
13. Lactivist said:
Adorable! Old Navy, right? My 2nd son wore the same one once. It really is an adorable costume! Leta is beautiful. I love the wrinkly nose!
Note to Annie: Unless everyone else knows something I don't know, trick or treating happened last night here in good old Utah (I hope we don't get any trick or treaters tonight - I don't have any candy!). In fact, the Mormons in my sister-in-law's (the only Catholic family on the block, apparently) neighborhood made it clear that there was to be NO TRICK OR TREATING in their neighborhood, PERIOD. Hmph. The nerve!
14. Beth said:
Of course! That's perfect. She's adorable!
15. Beth said:
Sorry, two posts, but LOOK! Leta's TEETH!
16. d said:
omigosh! the frog ate the frogbaby! and she LIKES it!
17. d said:
and, yes. Leta (and her teeth!) are adorable. Yum.
18. Susan said:
you know, they eat frogs... in FRANCE!!!!
19. Lena said:
Silly little tiny teef!
Oh... pain... womb ache.... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.
Must..... get...... impregnated......now.......
Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
20. Natasha said:
Dooce, in all the pictures you've put up of Leta, that's the one where she looks the most like you. (Her face, not the frog part!)
21. Emily said:
I shoulda known she'd be a frog!
22. carmen said:
That kid is by far the cutest kid I have ever seen!!!
Oh, I have a big announcement...
I'm pregnant!!!!!! The stick had two lines! Oh happy day!!
23. haley said:
She looks so cute!! OMG, that is adorable!
24. Kimberley H. said:
DAMN!! she's a cutie patootie.
Congrats to the newly pregnant!
25. Lindsey said:
Rrrribbit :)
26. Amber said:
oh so totally cute. I didn't think she could be anything else. hehe.
Love in Christ,
Amber <><
27. heathabee said:
That is one adorable picture, and one super adorable baby! What a perfect costume for her first halloween!!! and look at those new teeth she has!! how exciting! (probably hence the early wake up??)
Happy Halloween - I hope we get to see more pictures of this first holiday soon!! :)
28. crano said:
Holy!
She is adorable!
You must be a very proud mother!
I SO can not wait to be a daddy! These last 6 months are going to drag.
Happy Day
God Bless <><
29. patricia said:
You know, I've seen a lot of baby pictures in my time, and I gotta say, she is one damn cute baby.
30. Stacey said:
I am not one to think that babies are cute, but GOD.DAMN. Leta is adorable, one of the cutest babies I have ever seen. Love her costume! :)
31. Valerie said:
Heehehee! Yep, that's Old Navy for sure (we have one left at the store I work at). Your little Frog Baby is most adorable!
32. ranae said:
thank you - i was having a crappy day and i have been anxiously awaiting leta's costume debut :-)
oh btw, last night at my parent's house, this church went around going door to door handing out these papers printed with stories about how trick or treat orginated in europe when peasants had to give tax collectors treats and if they weren't good enough they would be burned alive in an altar to satan -it said on the pamphlet "those who claim to see the light should not walk in the darkness" and then talked about how tempting satan would send you to hell. i was going to scan the whole little handout and email it to you but i forgot it at my parent's house. there are a lot of fanatical crazies and creepy little *indpendent* churches here in central west virginia....my mom tried to get the little kids to take the candy anyway but their mom got mad and ordered them back into the van and scowled at us
33. Annie said:
No trick or treating on actual Halloween? That...I have no words. I am appalled.
On that note, I'm a big fat hypocrite. Some adorable kids came to the door, and I don't have any candy here tonight. I am a BAD PERSON.
34. Elle Wiz said:
Oh, I LOVE it! Adorable!
35. Christine said:
Miss Leta is finer than frog's teeth!
36. George Lover said:
Ok, Dooce, are you calling Benjamin Franklin a dickhead? (I think he was the one who thought up daylight saving time...or was it Richard Nixon?) Either way, it's no fun to "Fall Back" if you don't actually get to SLEEP for the extra hour. Sorry Leta didn't get the memo.
37. djarumgurl said:
can I just say that your child is so cute, if I knew her, I would squeeze her guts out on a daily basis. She's adorable. I love her little expressions. My son is now 7 yrs old and I miss the babyness...by the way I live in Logan - everytime you write about Utah things, I nod agreeingly..snow on Halloween, conservative Mormons...etc. I love your BLOG. I have 3 I read religiously..You, a merch gurl for my favorite singer, and Margaret Cho..you rank high on the cool blogs of the world...keep up the good work, love you love your show!
38. Paty said:
OH. MY. GOD.
She is SO beautiful!!
If I had a baby like that in my house, I would bite her fingers and toes ALL THE TIME! And kiss her and hug her ALL DAY LONG!
I must avoid the urge to just pich the PC.
39. Shelagh McIntyre said:
Heather, I feel your pain on the daylight savings time. My 8 month old did the same thing today - we've been up since 5:30 am. What I'd do for a sleep in! *whine*
Happy Halloween! Ethan's a bear to your Leta-Frog (the original frog baby!). Boo!
40. Sue From Ohio said:
OH MY GOD! I've never thought a frog could be sooooo cute....it's kind of funny you dress her like that...'Of France'
41. Erin said:
Leta is frickin' adorable.
The time change BITES.
42. dooce said:
congratulations, carmen!
43. erica said:
oh. my. god. she is so cute. AHHH i love her little face.
44. Gia said:
Kermit is eating Leta!
She is adorable. :)
45. Amanda B. said:
Heheheh, she's so cute.
Exact opposite of the Chuck look.
She's got the, "Muwahaha...your world is MY playground..." look.
46. song said:
Oh she is absolutely lovely. I want a baby (until I look at the toddlers I have and then I just never want to go through that again) The frog outfit is perfect, but does anyone else want to see chuck??
~song
47. Mr.Jake said:
Great photo, it looks like it could make the parenting magazine. As for the time change: my partner and I were listening to the news last evening and they reported the end to daylight savings....except in the praire proviences.......oh, the thought of moving was so temepting. Then I thought, why don't they have to experience their 8 month old, with a cold and teething his third tooth waking at 4:45 a.m. We decided not to change the clocks back until the morning when our daughter rises, at reasonable 7:00 a.m.
Happy Holloween!
48. shana said:
Oh my golly, she is SOOOOOOOO cute!! The wrinkly nose bit just breaks my heart!
Froggiebaby!
Happy Halloween!
49. Hannah said:
Oh, she made me laugh out loud. Just so adorable and completely huggable.
We don't usually do the Halloween thing in Australia, I so wish we did if it's filled with gorgeous kitted-out babies like Leta.
50. TracyDee said:
Adorable :)
51. Karen Rani said:
Awww - she is a sweetie pie! Our 6 year old also went out tonight with a freakin' snowsuit under his costume! Gotta love snow - I'm in Canada and it was cold here...
52. The Mighty Jimbo said:
hell, marie, i think that picture made MY ovaries skip a beat.
almost makes me wanna be a dad.
almost.
keep up with the pooping and screaming and squaking stories to help counter that urge.
53. Lorie said:
I hate to tell you, but the time change issue doesn't get any better, and mine are 12, 11, 8 and five. They ALL woke up this morning and I found them staring at me before 6 am. Sucks.
54. Fahrvergnugen said:
Froggie! What a joyous little amphibian you have living with you!
When do we get to see the rest of Chuck's outfit?
55. Fahrvergnugen said:
Don't mind me, I'm a dumbass. I saw Chuck's "Squawk" get-up. How can you stand to live surrounded by so much adorability?
56. Carla Beth said:
Here in Ashland, Oregon the whole town celebrates Halloween. We had a town parade down East Main. Heaps of fun! The parents seemed to be more into dressing up than the kids. Lots of cute kids, but no frog babies. Tonight downtown turns into an outdoor monster mash. Wild, crazy, totally hippy Ashland.
Wishing I had a family to dress up with,
CB
57. April said:
Leta is too cute!
I meant to post this on the Chuck picture, but I was too late. You're not the only freak who likes to torture her dog!
http://www.thehockadays.com/gin.jpg
58. sab said:
Everytime I see a picture of Leta's smiling face, I want to come over and give her a BIG hug!
She looks too cute for words.
Happy Halloween Armstrong Family!
59. Mir said:
So so so so SO cute. So cute she apparently made me stutter.
60. heather said:
you got that at the Gap didnt ya lol i got the same thing for my godaughter here in park city
61. Liz said:
Awwwww! That is just perfect! And Chuck looks adorable in his costume, too. I hope you had a perfectly wonderful Halloween!
62. Daniel said:
Is it me or is Halloween one of the best days of the year to be a parent?
63. Em in Houston said:
PRECIOUS! She is so cute!!!!
64. Jena said:
Honest to God, I could eat your child.
65. Anne said:
HEY! My 3-year-old, Gus, was the EXACT SAME OLD NAVY FROG! Only bigger. Love those costumes.
66. MrsDoF said:
Hey Carla Beth (comment 56) A family is not necessary to dress for Halloween. When I was growing up, my favorite house to visit was an old-maid Librarian who did the greatest spooky costumes. If we didn't know the house, I would not have known it to be her. She only gave out one small piece of candy because so many people came by for the drama and the sound effects. No one seems to be that cool anymore, not even me.
67. Jenny said:
That smile! She knows she's adorable. Thank you for sharing her!
68. come on said:
would you people come up with some original comments already? the words "cute", "adorable" and "eat your baby" just aren't as effective the 45th time around.
69. Becca said:
collective froggy aww
70. batty said:
PMSL @ Susan ("you know, they eat frogs… in FRANCE!!!!")
I hope you and DJ Blurb used Chuck the duck (?) and Leta the frog to gain much Halloween loot!
71. elswhere said:
Yeah, cute costumed babies = candy bait. Enjoy it while you can; the older ones like to selfishly keep all the candy for themselves. And they don't let you pick their costumes for them, either. The nerve!
Of course, you'll always be able to dress Chuck.
72. Fran said:
Usually it ain't easy being green, but Leta is the exception not the rule.
73. kEma said:
I don't know about you but I think that she has that grin smile because she is thinking:
"Laugh now, you dumbass parents, you will see when i grow up and when u grow old... THEN I will dress you in frog costumes!"
grin grin grin
74. Danika said:
I agree with Come On. People! Be original!
and then I am not going to be all original either... Awwww! Duh! OF COURSE she'd be a frog!
75. Liv said:
That smile!! She looks adorable!
76. Elizabeth said:
Leta looks like she's erupting in the deliciously evil cackle of a kid who's just pooed in her diaper after mommy finally wrestled her into the frog outfit. Heh.
Happy Hallowe'en, Dooce and family!
77. Idony said:
Aw, this is absolutely the cutest picture I've ever seen of Leta.
78. Saladwhore said:
I wat. To eat her.
So where is Chuck, I want to see what that dog thong with wings was!
79. DeAnn said:
What a cute face she's making.
And, you could always move to Arizona or Hawaii if you hate daylight savings. Or parts of Indiana.
80. kim said:
happy halloween! man, she's is supercute. and i would like to see what's up with chuck and the wings, too. pretty please...
81. Kano said:
What is with all you freaks that want to eat children?
82. Dez said:
Yay Frogbaby!!!!
The Chuck pictures, like another commenter yesterday, made me flap and make very strange noises. My significant other thought I was having some bizarre seizure.
83. Shmee said:
Anyone else take a while to realize that the the thumbnail for Chuck's outfit and the thumbnail for Leta's outfit, were not leading to the same photo?
Super cuteness dooce. Did you actually take her out trick or treating, or did she just hang out at your front door and spook everyone?
84. lily said:
awww how cute! she looks absolutely adorable, especially how she looks like she's wrinkling her nose :)
85. Mark said:
Aww, my little guy is about to turn two. He was Batman this year. Leta certainly wins in the gorgeous category. She looks like a fun and happy froggy.
Best wishes.
86. cee said:
She seems to agree!!! What a cute expression!! =)
87. Aurelia said:
She is so darn cute!
88. slick said:
post
more
pictures!!
one is not enough. i know you have more. why you holdin' out, yo?
89. alex said:
There is no way she could have been anything more adorable!!! What a face! Happy Halloween!
Can't wait for next years costume....
90. Em said:
Oh, the CUTENESS! She looks like a very happy frog too. Happy 1st Halloween, Leta! I bet your mama is gorging on candy as we speak.
91. Susu said:
There has never been a better picture than this.
92. beachgal said:
The picture of Chuck and Leta were just awesome. Thanks so much for sharing their cuteness. My little guy was a duck. It was his first Hallowe'en and he had no idea why he was up past his bedtime, outside with the neighbors and walking around to all these people's houses. But we think he had fun, and everyone loved him, even though they thought he was a GIRL, for crying out loud. I think we'll omit that part of the story when we tell him about his first Trick or Treating.
Post more pics, please!
93. Brad said:
Wonderful costumes! The Leta Frog is perfect, and I've never seen anything like what Chuck is wearing. :)
94. red said:
YOU HAVE TO POST MORE PICTURES OF HER. OMG.
look at her little teeth!!
95. Joe said:
I have to agree on the stupidity of DST. If you don't want to waste the sunlight, gosh. Get up an hour earlier.
96. Joan said:
You make me laugh....almost as much as my new puppy does.
97. allison said:
i have to get pregnant. TODAY.
98. Sven said:
There should be more limb dick pictures.
99. Amanda said:
I love daylight savings. It makes my boring life just a little bit interesting...not remembering to change the clocks then realize that I need to...for those few moments it gives me a purpose in life.
100. Sven said:
Or limP, if you may.