BabyBlooze Buck 'up, buttercup! A collection of sad, mad, bad and completely adorable kids

Frankly, the lil’ hotdogger is sayin’ her outfit doesn’t cut the mustard. (ba-da-bum!)

[Editor's note: The key problem here is the outfit is all wrong - this is the oft-talked about sweetie of the Pineapple Babble blog.]

(Thanks, Rachael! So great meeting you at BlogHer!)

Maybe it looks a little too realistic?

(The ironic thing about this photo is that Dad is a researcher and travels the world studying rhinos. But he admits that sometimes rhinos make him cry, too. Thanks, Edy!)

Grandma must be pretty special. Mom tells us this is the “don’t-make-me-leave-grandma’s-house” pout. Every time Mom mentioned leaving, her kiddo’s whole demeanor would turn from happy and playful into THIS.

(Thanks, Karmen K.!)

This is what happened at Mary’s house upon the suggestion of pajamas…

And this…

(You can almost hear the shrieks, can’t you?)

After she got it all out of her system (and realized she was already wearing PJs), she acquiesced and slept very soundly.

(Thanks, Mary! This is her second submission — her first one is here.)

This is the face of a sad boy after a delightful “older woman” (she was 4) didn’t want to play with him. Luckily, the story has a happy ending – 5 minutes later, the two climbed on the monkey bars together.

(Thanks, Soumik, for the sweet shot!)

BabyBlooze Liz will be at BlogHer in Chicago this week… Drop me a line if you’re planning to be there too! I’ll be in the HP-sponsored “Business of You” track and TypeAMomfluence par-tay.

Economy got you down? Nothing like a lil’ ole “pat-pat” (in this case, from Grandpa) to make the day go by easier.

(Thanks, SarahMarie! And thanks for the comments; love hearing from you!)

And take THAT, Mom!!!!

In Mom’s own words about the Sunday evening photo shoot: 

“First 15 minutes went well….smiles…laughter…winking…second 15 minutes went marginally less well…closed mouth smiles…eyes that look longingly just over our shoulders…joyless laughter…third 15 minutes was exponentially worse…writhing…frowning…flailing…wailing…and I think, the best photos we got that day.”  [Editor's note: Now this is MY kind of Mom!!]

(Thanks to Jeanine H. for the photo and story. You can see more of Jeanine’s adorable kiddos on her family blog.)

This little lobster is getting red in the face over the costume Mom chose for his first Halloween.

(Thanks, Jenny K.!)