Definitely Not Planning To Do This To Any Kids I Know...

I went to visit one of my favorite families today for a rousing (and surprisingly peaceful) game of Monopoly. One of the niblings won a copy of the game in a dance off and wants to play it as much as possible. Who am I to say no to the whims of a child?

This made me think about children and whims, eventually bringing me to a consideration of the opposite scenario: Children doing things (or having things done to them) because the whims of their parents. And this led to "Damn, I really miss seeing babies dressed up as Kushida!"

I feel like, before Kushida left for his stint in WWE, seeing babies dressed up like him was a somewhat regular occurrence at NJPW shows. It at least happened enough that I have a solid memory of it. However, once he came back, I have not really seen it. I've seen a fair number of people who dress up as Hiromu, and there is one girl often at shows who dresses as The Great-O-Khan (and her costume is AMAZING), but I don't see people dressing up their babies as Kushida, or as anyone really, and that's a darn shame. It's both hilarious and adorable. I think I may need to start borrowing some of my friends' kids and make this become a thing again.

I googled "babies dressed as Kushida njpw" as I wanted a picture for this entry. I was thrilled to find this on Kushida's Instagram (@kushida_ts) as it's from 2023, so at least one family is still doing it!
  

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