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October 31, 2005
Happy Halloween and to all a good night
Happy Halloween!
I love these push-in pumpkin accessories. I will admit to missing the goopy pumpkin goo. But until one of my children is excited about putting her/his hand inside...this will be great.
This is our lion family. We were a hit at the zoo. And again during the trick-or-treat. And the costumes were cozy warm.
And this was so cool. The lion actually wakes uop after 6 p.m And he was walking around, trying to play with a giant ball. And looking at all of the crazy people. Henry roared at him repeatedly. He did not roar back. And we got a picture of the 5 of us.
Hope you did something not-too-scary!
Posted by sarah at 09:38 PM
October 27, 2005
picture mania
Halloween is about to burst onto the scene. We are prepared. 4 lions ready to go.
Rob and my costumes are the same as above. Rob and Miranda have manes. She sort of understand that female lions don't have manes, but it seems brutally unfair that she would not get a mane. But I just have a little fuzzy top, to hide a sewing imperfection :)
It has been a crafty three weeks. My mom works at a year-round school. She is off in October for three weeks. We usually paint a room. Or do something house-changing. This time, we sewed. I made new curtains for the kitchen.
I have been searing for a chili pepper fabric to use since I stenciled tomatoes and peppers on the cabinet doors. "It will be easy. No problem." 2 years later, I am happy enough with this. At least it has peppers.
And then we made new covers the the cushions of the couch. I have to say the pattern of the fabric is not a masterpiece. But the $40 for the fabric and 6 hours of work far outstripped getting a new couch.
Our couch came from IKEA in 1999. It is in good shape, all things considered, meaning Miranda and Henry considered. The arms and back are fine, but the cushions had wear at the seams. And stains. Our couch is so old, it was before IKEA did slipcovers on everything. They don't even make this model anymore, or I would just buy another.
And since the website has been down so much and I am LAZY, I will add some older pics. (yes, we are chagning hosts this weekend)
This is Miranda at Al's Run. We did it with her two best friends' families. And Rob ran it as a race.
He is still amazingly trim. Go Rob!
And I love this photo because every blade of grass is in focus and Henry is a total blur. Have I mentioned I am getting a new digital camera as an early Xmas present? One that might capture the speed at which my children experience life. I am eyeing this one.
We're off to IKEA tomorrow. 20th anniversary sale. And then trick or treating heaven!
Posted by sarah at 08:46 PM
October 18, 2005
win wine whine
Miranda got a book of projects today, thanks to Grandma and the Half Price Bookstore. One of the projects has you create a necklace out of corks. It seems to emphasis handmade accessories. You can make bracelets out of plastic bottles and plastic bags. Really.
The cork necklace has grabbed Miranda's attention. When Rob came home from work, she said:
"Papa. Papa. I want to make a booze necklace. You need to drink some booze so I can make it."
And she tried to convince us to drink NOW.
Sorry kiddo. Maybe tomorrow.
And in good news, Miranda started speech therapy today. The goal is to get her from 65% intelligibility to 80% by next October. Yay.
Posted by sarah at 08:55 PM
October 15, 2005
the great toy experiment
In an effort to have fewer McCheap toys at my house, we are experimenting with an idea I am stealing shamelessly from a mom at yoga. Every time Miranda does not order a Happy Meal, she gets a dollar.
So far, she is intrigued. And I am ashamed to say that in less than a week's time, she has $4. (only two of those were McDonalds dollars, at least). She wants a Kinder Garden Baby, a toy with a dubious fun quotient IMO. And it costs $20, so she will have to stick to this idea for a while...
We are 3/4 of our way to a pride of lions.
And I am finally making the new kitchen curtains.
Posted by sarah at 08:51 PM
October 04, 2005
roar
September has come and gone. School started. Cool classes at the JCC started. The weather cooled off. And this week, the first week in October, the Flying Spaghetti Monster decided to make it really warm. Crazy.
In September, we went to a wedding. The kids played with balloons and had more fun than I expected.
Before that, Miranda, Rob and my dad went to Laborfest and had a great time. Rob even thought to bring musical instruments for the parade.
And sometime in September, Miranda put together her awesome sunglasses. Thank you, godparents!
I am variously busy. I am trying to put together the pride of lions Halloween costume extravaganza. I am researching things to do on our upcoming trip to San Francisco. And I am plotting a trip to Disneyland.
Henry has a new word. It is "roar." He uses it every day.
Posted by sarah at 08:10 PM