The Costume Pictures

What's cute and chubby and waddles everywhere?

A baby Penguin Reuben.

My Aunt Joan sewed the most amazing baby penguin costume for Reuben for Halloween. It was amazingly cute. It hung all the way down but we pushed up the legs to try to keep him cooler. It was a really warm night.

Reuben loves hanging out with his cousin Eliza. Everywhere she went he waddled after.

Here's Reuben flapping his flippers.

The profile.

Check out the great penguin tail.

Since it was in the 80s, we let Reuben out of his costume before the heat stroke set in.

Here Eliza is keeping him safe in the trick or treat wagon ride.

Here's Reuben raiding Eliza's candy.

Some of you might be wondering, why a penguin?

When I first heard Reuben cry, I thought, he sounds exactly like a baby penguin. And he did, his newborn cry was a soft whistling coo. He's grown into his lungs since then and can really wail but I'll always remember his first little penguin noises.