Fall 2013 pictures

I took the kids to a pumpkin patch and attempted to get pictures.  I did get one pretty good one.

The rest - not so much.

 This one is not bad either, especially if you ignore the closed eyes and the one child looking at something interesting.

 This one would have been really cool if the smallest child would have stayed in the picture.

Cub Scout Stilts

Daddy helped Buddy make some stilts.   He thought they were pretty cool.  Of course the next weekend we went camping with Cub Scouts and had to make 10 more sets.

Costumes 2013

I am actually 2 steps ahead and have the Halloween costumes finished for the year.  Well, except for the part about picking up some borrowed lacrosse gear so Buddy can be a Navy Lacrosse player, but he has a stick, a yard sale helmet and a jersey.

As for the girls, I assembled both their costumes for the year.  Munchkin requested a duck and so with some felt for a hat, some fleece for some feet and a feather boa pinned to a raincoat - A duck she shall be -

I think it looks a little unique, but she loves it and that is all that matters.

Now for Princess, she requested Candy Corn - So I found a tutorial online and followed it with a few exceptions.  (I used a T-shirt for the white and fleece for the rest. )   But then I had a realization, Candy corn have orange in the middle, not yellow.  Oops, I was going to pull it apart and start over, but she didn't seem to mind, so I just moved forward and made sure her hat and bag matched.

 A little photo-bombing by the little one behind the door.

 A great hat and a long warm fleece dress.

 The whole outfit, she LOVES it.

Buddy, so happy with his preliminary costume - simple and no sewing, he just needs some pads to fill out the jersey. 

 Scout is going with one from the dress-up box , ELMO

Notes

Life has been busy lately, with me going back to work there have been some changes that happen.  So when Daddy has a day off work, he does drop-off, pick-up, homework and dinner prep and I get to work a full day.   Of course I come home to find notes like this one.

It just made me laugh, if the worst part of her day is Daddy making her do her homework neatly, she has a great dad.

Just because my kids are cute

 The best place to color, on the floor of mommy's sewing room, in the late afternoon sunshine.