I hereby declare this "Flight of the Conchords" derivative work...adorable! :D
what is "flight of the conchords"? it was a kraftwerk song, I thought.
OH MY GAWWWD. I especially like the little song accompaniment--classic!
Most adorable robot ever!
Wait, are you serious about not knowing about Flight of the Conchords? That's the first thing I thought of, too!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W...h?
v=WGoi1MSGu64
I loove Juniper's costumes.
also -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A...h?
v=ATFxVB4JFpQ
from their hbo show.
okay - definitely done now. sorry.
We are HBO-less.
I think this was her inspiration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V...h?
v=VXa9tXcMhXQ
Too much cuteness. Two great costumes, I'm very impressed with Juniper and her folks. Well done.
okay, now I'm a little bummed that two goofy-looking hipsters get to take credit for a 50+ year tradition of using cardboard boxes to make robot costumes. I have never seen those hipster robots, but I was a little inspired by Sam's halloween costume from freaks and geeks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1...h?
v=1Ulr6K6qqlI
also, is that the guy from the fucking outback steakhouse commercials?
LOVE both costumes. Her facial expressions as Medusa are perfect, and she's the cutest robot ever.
I thought you were going with either kraftwerk or daft punk.
Either way, I love it. The costume is fantastic and I love how Juniper is totally locked into her character. It's like she's been studying with Lee Strasberg.
now if she was really in character, her last response would have been "input does not compute." but whatever, she was tired.
The little toddler-robot voice is the cutest thing I've ever heard.
yes...yes, it is the guy from the Outback Steakhouse commercials...
Totally looks like a costume I made my son when he was in first grade, including the dryer ducting arms and legs. He had a working doorbell on the front, battery operated flashing lights, and every electronic geegaw I could find in the junk drawer. Good thing it didn't rain that night. Thanks for bringing back a fun memory of making his costumes, since he's 15 now and too cool for words (but he did enjoy passing out candy last night).
Medusa? Robot? Two homeruns in one year--how will you ever top this?
My brother was so dissappointed this year when his 17 month old wouldn't wear the head piece of his Curious George costume, until I reminded him of the year our Mom worked for weeks on a dinosaur costume only to have him do the same thing. She was so pissed, she wound up wearing it herself prompting one of the neighborhood kids to ask if she was Godzilla.
I didn't see a costume as sweet as Juniper's this year, but any Boston kid knows that putting LED lights and circuit boards on your costume means that everyone will immediately mistake you for a bomb.
yeah, thank god we didn't try to get her through logan airport wearing that costume. they would have pulled out the tech-9s for sure.
Argh - SO cute! I love her little robot voice. I'm 19 wks. pregnant with our first, can't wait for the first real Halloween with her!
Thumbs up on the Kraftwerk! Good work Juniper!
Totally fabulous. Both costumes are fantastic. Love the video. Gives me hope for the future as my 2-year old refused to wear a costume.
I did the robot thing for a 4yo a few years ago. He fit well into a diaper box up-ended. We put beer caps and baby food lids all over it for the buttons, a couple of red strobe reflectors and a heartbeat sound machine torn out of a teddy bear we hated. I think a bike license plate was on the back.
delurking to say that i can not get over the cuteness and creativity. where in the world did you find that medusa hat? it's pure gold! and that robot costume is the best i've ever seen. juniper is too cool for school. she's growing up so beautifully. we're expecting our first in april and you guys raise the bar high for cool parenting.
Very convincing! Juniper has my robo-phobic 2 1/2 year old in hysterics.
Juniper is the most awesome robot ever. I love how she can sing the entire "Trick or Treat" tune, in robot voice. That is dedication.
Bossy loves Method Actors.
Next year Archer's going to go as Juniper dressed as a Robot. It's settled. (P.S. He's IN LOVE with Juney. She makes him clap his hands and say "happy" which is his speech therapy WOTW-- word of the week.)
Also wanted to say that Medusa is AMAZING. I had a Medusa wig when I was little, too, but mine was just a moppy wig with snakes staple-gunned to it. Ghetto fab.
Happy Halloween to all.
Are you totally KIDDING ME? You guys don't know about Flight of the Conchords? Two kiwis in NYC trying to make it as musicians. I am so in love with this show.
Here's their robot song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j...h?
v=jmHTXiNNO48
Juniper is too cool for school.
Evidently being tired and glassy-eyed makes for the perfect robot method acting!
I love that you allow Juniper her obsessions. I still can't get my husband to let our son dress like a girl when he wants to.
Just adorable. I love her little "too too too!" sound effects.
Okay, dork here.. other people had already sent you that link, of course.
Since you're HBO-less (so are we, but we get it via Showcase in Canada).. you can download episodes one and four of Flight of the Conchords through iTunes as a video podcast.
It rocks.
Okay, I'm done.
Wow. Her robot voice just might be the cutest thing I've ever heard.
Both costumes are awesome? How will you top yourselves next year, with two kids to costume?
that was ridiculous. how cute is that (flight of the conchords) robot?? I love that show. I loved the video more.
I don't know which costume I love more, the Medusa or the Robot, but she's adorable.
that is so cute. I love the robot costume. We talk about robots a lot at our house. Peanut loves it when I speak to her in my robot voice. It gets giggles every time.
Not to jump on the whole Flight of the Conchords bandwagon), but my friend plays the landlord on the show and I'm all for anything that keeps my peeps employed.
Luckily it is also fun to watch.
dude, i totally got knocked up b/c my husband sang me FOTC "it's business time" (ok, maybe i was the one singing it to him...):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W...h?
v=WGOohBytKTU
p.s. it goes w/o saying that we are also HBO-less, but youtube is a godsend.
pps- have you set your dvr for SNL this saturday? feist is going to be on, of course thought of your dancing.
That was the cutest thing I've ever seen.
I've never seen FotC either, because I refuse to get HBO, but now after hearing everyone rave about it, I refuse to watch it because I am becoming a cranky old man. Kraftwerk forever!
and, holy fucking fuck, that robot is fabulous. jim, you got some mad skillz, you know?
you may have beaten our lisa simpson with a lower cost differential and "voice coach lessons" but we totally rocked with our little shy 2 yr old saying "twick or tweat!" "lisa simpas!" "tank you!" and "happy-ween!" to each and every house we went to, then would turn from the door and say "one more house!" homegirl rocked that shit til 9:30pm with no nap and waaay too much candy. brought a damn tear to my eye.
and now, back to my rolos.
Great costume! Loved her song, too.
my god. i am almost having a heart attack over just how awesome that costume is.
gorgeous kiddie as well of course!
That was so awesome!
Kraftwerk robot! Juniper is the coolest.
I'm speechless at that costume.
It's just too cool for words....
I know I'm just repeating what others have already said, but she's cute. Denmark used to be Halloween-free, but children have begun dressing up and saying "slik eller ballade" (wich is trick or treat in Danish). Wish this one would walk my neighbourhood.
absolutely wonderful.
AWESOME costume! A far cry from the Wile E. Coyote get-up I wore when I was her age(plastic mask, plastic top, plastic pants - which would melt straight to my skin if I stood too close to my sister's flashlight).
Cutest.Video.Ever
Another ditto on Juniper's cuteness and Jim's coolness, but also a question:
I can't tell, but is that a working LCD display on RoboJuni's front panel?
Before I watched the FotC video, I thought Dutch's "two goofy-looking hipsters" comment was referencing him and Wood. I thought, "great self-deprecating humor, Dutch, but Wood isn't goofy looking." Sorry.
I am in awe of your and her skills. Both of those costumes are so awesome and I can't tell you how much I appreciate the home-made costume creativity. I think all I saw this year were Disney princesses and Old Navy lions.
I remember making our costumes back in the day (my fav was when i was a Ghost Buster ...or maybe Laura Ingalls Wilder). If Juniper was at my door she would have gotten all the candy, nothing else could have compared!
I can't wait to make a real costume next year for our girl. If she dressed according to her daddy's tates, like Juniper did, she would be Steve Jobs - she already has the black turtleneck, so I'm half-way there!
I love her little robot noises - so cute. And that costume is awesome (though I wouldn't want to be the one stuck wearing it, it definitely looks uncomfortable). Glad you guys had a good Halloween - it was apparently a great year for it. Our streets were crowded with kids, unlike the past few barren years, and everyone was cheerful and very giving with the candy - we had the too-heavy bag here.
found medusa hat here for the girl asking on flickr:
http://911buycostume.com/Pages/h...gear/
hats04.htm
both costumes were great. we call my husband the robot and i died when i saw the video today. i immediately forwarded it to him. although i'm sure juniper has none of the robot tendancies of my husband. at least i hope not.
Amazing! I made the mistake of watching this in front of my boys. Now 700 viewings later my 17-month-old is running in circles yelling "Doot doot robot!", and the 2.5 year old keeps saying "I love robot girl!!". Juniper has a fan club. Hey, it's better than reading that Rusty the Robot book. Again.
Omigosh...I can't even write anything. She is the cutest little girl and the costumes are awesome.
best costumes EVER
Too cute, though I have to admit I was hoping for a robot medusa.
Homemade costumes are the best, and your homemade costumes top them all. Thanks for the video, too. She is totally in character.
Both of those costumes are fabulous. Best looking (and sounding!) robot I've ever seen.
Have you heard of "i heart guts?" They make little stuffed toys shaped like organs, including a really cute heart. Here's a link. When I saw it, I thought of Juney's love for hearts
What a fab costume and video. Almost makes this Halloween grinch's heart grow three sizes.
I may have to do this with the Toddler next year. Juniper looks so precious.
That is too cute. What a great costume. I was lucky my girl (same age as Juniper) put a 20 year old hand-me-down ladybug on her back and antennae, it took days of convincing. Awesome, and the video is so so adorable.
that is so adorable, home-made costumes are the best!
She is just beautiful! Almost-three on Halllowween was awesome for us tis year too--we had SO MUCH FUN. She held my dad's hand through the neighborhood and after every house, she turned around and said "Come on Papa, let's go get more CANDY!"
She is, however, quite crushed now that it doesn't happen every night.
What was your neighborhood like for trick-or-treaters? Ours is more or less ideal (livng by several much more wealthy neighborhoods is great because people who are just out for free candy go there first). When I lived in North Rosedale Park, though, OMG. Traffic jams up and dwn all the streets and horrible children. Not to mention their parents.
lerv it
she is brill!
My teeth are aching from all the sweetness. Your girl is simply adorable.
This video prompted me to pull out my speakers from under the bed, re-plug them in, and arrange them artfully on my 1-ft table top - just to hear Juniper say "We are robots, doo doo de doo." Awesome costume!
Why a I not surprised that such independently minded parents bring up an independently minded kid. She's just perfect.
"we are robots. doot doot dee doot." has been running through my head on a loop! wicked costumes.
Homemade Halloween costumes are the best. Max and I have talked about how we always had parent-made costumes when we were kids (both our moms were into sewing) and how we always felt sorry for kids with store-bought costumes. We never wanted to be Disney Character Of the Moment and never, ever begged for the polyester printed smocks and crunchy plastic masks from the store.
The best costume my mom ever put together? The Rocketeer, for my little brother. It was painstakingly accurate and totally awesome. I hope my efforts for our daughter go half as well.
I hadn't see the video when I commented before. Insanely cute--good thing you weren't out this way because I would have given her all our candy.
Now I have "We are robots...do-do-do!" in my head...very catchy ditty!
I love her costume...great job, Dutch!
Has she thought about what she wants to be next year? I'm just wondering how she's going to pull off a greater costume(s) than this year's. I couldn't think of one costume (you know, one that involved pants) and she managed to think of two. As always, I'm impressed.
i really wanted to hear her sing : "the humans are dead..." and then say: "i kicked one, it was dead."
but i suppose that wouldn't have been appropriate.
still, super cute.
but you know that already.
Cute robot, but what have you done with the baby?
Her "do do dooo" was the best part.
Very late, but still: My dad made my wee brother pretty much that very robot outfit going on... 22 years ago now. It was for a kindergarten Christmas play, I seem to recall.
And oh! I almost started crying in public when I saw these pictures because they remind me of how much I love my dad, how much he loves Halloween, and how great he still is at the master pumpkin carving and little-kid relating.
Thanks so much for posting these pictures.
Also... your daughter looks spectacular, my childhood memories aside. I think it's the amazing antenna that really top it off, so to speak.
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