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Above is Mazzy in her Corduroy costume (ineligible for any awards, I wouldn't want her to sweep!) I still have no idea if she knew what was happening on Monday— besides that strangers give you candy and CANDY IS THE BEST THING EVER. I'm actually surprised that she hasn't tried to randomly ring any of our neighbor's doorbells since. It's probably just a height thing. If she had a step stool, I bet she'd be all over it.

One of the greatest things about Halloween this year (besides a seemingly unlimited supply of Kit Kats) was seeing all of your kids in their costumes.

There were almost 100 Halloween photos submitted on the Mommy Shorts Facebook Fanpage. Every one of them was adorable and I was incredibly impressed with your ingenuity, your craftiness and your ability to get your kids into even the most cumbersome of outfits. 

I was so impressed that I will be stealing your ideas next year. 

However. I couldn't possibly feature all of the photos today. I am but a one woman operation with a headcold.

So without further ado, I present…

THE 1ST MOMMY SHORTS HALLOWEEN COSTUME AWARDS

Most Morbid: Brain-eating Ruby Jane as a Zombie Baby

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Most Delicious: Tie between Graham as Bacon and Hazy as a Cupcake

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Most Likely to Beat Ariel at Her Own Game: Suzie as a Mermaid

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Best Reason to Have Five Kids: The Hoffmans as a box of Crayola Crayons

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Most in Need of Someone To Check on Grandma: Maya as Little Red Riding Hood and Reyes as the Big Bad Wolf

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Best Tribute to the '80s: Sabrina as a Monchichi

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Most Welcome Mel Gibson Alternative: McClain as William Wallace from Braveheart

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Most Likely To Start a Fight On A Saturday Night: Josephine as Elton John

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Best Rehab Results: Angeline as a Tootsie Roll (Angeline was Lindsey Lohan in the Cheap-Ass Costume post)

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Best Use of a Dad: George as Curious George with Dad as The Man in the Yellow Hat

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Best Use of a Mom: Parker as a Spider with Mom as Little Miss Muffet

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Most Worldly and Most Economical: Jackson as a Venetian Gondolier

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Most Likely to Give Mazzy A Run For Her Money: Hannah as a Watermelon, Josie as a Cavegirl, Stella as a Lamb and Rebecca as a Bumblebee 

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Best Lawn Ornament: Sam as a Friendly Garden Gnome

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Most Random Animal Costume: Warren as a Sea Otter

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Worst Decision Maker: Zoe Jayne as a Dorothy/Red Riding Hood Hybrid

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Best Use of Excess Material: George as a Hot Dog

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Most Hardcore: Tie between Nathan as a Rock Star and Katja as a Cow

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Least Frightening: Raina as a Ghost Princess

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Likely Most Costume Best: Kai as Yoda

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Most Likely to Let The House Burn Down: Carson, Mom and Elmo as Firefighters

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Most Exhausted Mom by the End of the Night: Keith as "Jake and the Neverland Pirates"

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Most Random Array of Siblings: Henry as Jack Sparrow, Ivy as a Bee, Essie as an Elephant and Ervin as a Banana

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Least Random Array of Siblings: Abby as The Queen Of Hearts, Kate as Alice and Kayson as The Mad Hatter 

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Most Likely to Get Swept Away By a Hurricane: Dad as Uncle Henry, Mom as Auntie Em and Anna as Dorothy

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Most Likely to Cause Mayhem in Bedrock: Raya as Pebbles and Kallen as BamBam

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Most Impressive Use Of A Bathroom Mat: Vivian as her Lovey, Lambie

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Most Awesome Use of a Double Thumbs-up: Oisin as a Chick Magnet

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Best Zoolander Pose: Ella as a Cat

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Least Aware of the Blood Sweat & Tears Mom Put Into that Costume: Maysen as a handmade Spongebob

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Most Wanted: Chase as a Smurf (getting arrested)

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Best Use of Photoshop: MJ as C3PO

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Worst Committment to Character: Joe as Chucky

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Most Likely To Watch the BBC Instead of PBS: Tristan as the 10th Doctor, Marian as Rose Tyler and baby Josey as an Adipose (from Doctor Who)

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Most Likely To Make Me Use Google, Feel Old and Download a New Song: AJ as the Party Rock Robot

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Least Evil: Lucie Jane (the winner of the Evil Baby Glare-Off) as a very tramutized Pea in a Pod

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Most Likely to Cause A Justin-Bieber-Esque Riot Amongst the Toddler Set: Brody, Linc and Chase as the Sesame Street Gang

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Most Likely To "Run All The Way Home" Screaming Bloody Murder: Katelyn as a Pig

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Best Introduction to a Movement I Had No Idea Existed: Katie, Jared and Jack as Steampunk Kids

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Most True to Life Costume: Police Officer Jude with Prisoner Mama

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Best Use of a Sweatshop Called "Grandma": Quinn as an Elephant (created by Grammy the seamstress)

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Most Deceivingly Sinister: Annika as a Hot Dog and Dad as Joey Chestnut (reigning champion of the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest)

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And finally…

Best Overall Costume: I couldn't pick it myself. I selected my top ten from the photos above and I'm putting it to a vote. Winner gets bragging rights and a Mommy Shorts Mug of their choice.

Screen shot 2011-11-04 at 2.33.05 AMYou've got all weekend to vote and the winner will be announced on Monday. I know that you REALLY WANT THAT MUG.

Also— The Colossal Cake Smash Smackdown starts next Friday with $400 in Crumbs Bakeshop prizes. Find all the details here and submit photos by posting them on the wall of the fanpage.

Now. Who's still got Halloween candy left? Because I depleted my stash last night and I might start harassing people for Kit Kats. Or Twix Bars. Or maybe some Peanut M&M's…

Just keep your Sweettarts and your Milk Duds to yourself, alright?

Have a good weekend!

— Mommy Shorts