This squid costume cracks me up, and totally reminds me of the year that my little sister and I decided to be endangered species for Halloween. Lora was an Ozark big-eared bat, which made perfect sense as a Halloween costume, and was something people would be able to recognize on at least some level. Me, on the other hand? I got stuck on the idea of being a dwarf wedgemussel. Yes, it's a mollusk. Don't ask me why I thought that was a good idea. And instead of trying to encourage something a little more recognizable like, say, a Hawksbill sea turtle or maybe a Delmarva fox squirrel, our talented mother went ahead and cut foam into the shape of mussel shells that I wore like a vest over an orange turtleneck. As you can probably guess, not a single person could determine what I was supposed to be. Someone asked if I was an ear. I think one person might have come close and guessed I was a clam. Admittedly not my best costume idea. Although I suppose if nothing else, I educated dozens of Halloween candy distributors about the existence of an obscure endangered shellfish.

Credits: Reem Acra Fall 2015

Dreamy backstage pics from Reem Acra's Fall 2015 runway.

If I were dressing Caroline as an endangered species this year, she'd be a monarch butterfly. Let's plant some milkweed people!

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Something kind of wonderful about this dress.

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Brilliant charcoal finger-paintings.

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Homemade cheater cronuts.

I love the scalloped edge on these makeup bags.

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