Booo.

A few months back I got a vision of Hazel as Cindy Lou Who.

It did not disappoint. 

Halloween greetings from the blue ninja, Cindy Lou Who, and a racecar driver!

I don't really like dressed up adults but I LOVE Halloween and the glee it brings to these sweet kiddos. It's so fun to let them be creative and pick who they want to be and help them become that. 

The fella showed Eli all his ninja moves. Ok, just that one.

 I mean come on.

And...out.
That was actually a nap en route to the second party. Gotta rest up between candy fits, right?
Happy Halloween!

She's My Pumpkin Pie

Yaya grew so many pumpkins, we had to get creative...

so we made Hazel a pair of pumpkin pants. 

 Eli plays toss the owl.

 Our buddy from across the way popped over to check out the fun.

We interpreted her interest as a desire to try out the pumpkin pants.

We were wrong.

Early Birds

This little pumpkin has been calling to Eli. 

It is the first to be plucked from the patch in Yaya's garden. There are about a dozen still brewing there. But this little guy has been calling to him. 

So today, he answered. 

We found an angry birds template and tool set at target and lo and behold, nearly 5 year old Eli is big enough, dextrous enough and doggone it, he wants to carve his own. 

Holy big kid batman.

So proud.

 Blowing raspberries to extinguish the candle = Hilarious.

Hazel was a bit flummoxed by the whole proposition. 

 

Yes. I know the date. September 16. This pumpkin will be long since rotted before the leaves start to fall. But there's a patch full out back and in the support of excitement, I let Eli follow his carving calling.

And I roasted the first batch of pumpkin seeds. To a crisp! Doh.  

Noooooooo!

Peek of the Week - October 28, 2011

Take a Peek:

What's Peek of the Week, you ask? It's our Friday feature and it's all about you! I want to hear (and share with my readers) what wowed you this week. It could be a cool finished project, a work in progress, a personal accomplishment, a cute kid moment, or something that surprised you.

If we could peek into your week - what would you want to show us?

Each week I'll share my own Peek of the Week to get the ball rolling, and invite you to link to your blog post about your Peek of the Week. I know y'all are up to cool stuff - we wanna see it!

So...I know. I know. This is the 3rd post about Hazel and her Halloween costumes. 
There was the mermaid.
Then the tutu with her brothers in their costumes.

But I think this is her for real costume. In fact, she's already worn it to a Halloween party.

That's one saucy Indian Princess.

As an added bonus to the plain old cuteness of the costume, it's got international flair. The two fabrics came from across the pond. Eric bought them for me at a stuffy fabric shop in jolly old England. The bindi came from real live India. I was there in 2004 to study art and architecture when I was in grad school. And the henna feet are compliments of my Crayola washables. How 'bout that?

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Peek of the Week, October 21, 2011

Take a Peek: 

 Spoooooky, right?

Know what's spooky? Amos and Eli and their mirror image posing. Sup wit' dat?

Know what's spookier? They've done it before:

I digress.

What's Peek of the Week, you ask? It's our Friday feature and it's all about you! I want to hear (and share with my readers) what wowed you this week. It could be a cool finished project, a work in progress, a personal accomplishment, a cute kid moment, or something that surprised you.

If we could peek into your week - what would you want to show us?

Each week I'll share my own Peek of the Week to get the ball rolling, and invite you to link to your blog post about your Peek of the Week. I know y'all are up to cool stuff - we wanna see it!

So today...a Halloween Peek:

 Ok I confess. The reason they always have their hands like that is because 

I bribed every shot out of them with candy corn.

Amos' Very Hungry Caterpillar costume was the serendipitous discovery of the century. You see, that book has gotten him off the ledge at school at least 100 times. He had a rough couple of weeks starting school. He cried every day and the only thing that would calm him was when the assistant read him The Very Hungry Caterpillar. So when I came upon this costume at Pottery Barn Kids a few weeks ago I snatched it up and bought it as quickly as possible (along with a few other items). My total was pretty steep but I didn't worry about it. 

Anyhoo, I brought it home and gave it to him and he was beside himself with glee. That first day he wore it for over 30 hours. To sleep. To target. Wouldn't take it off. Only after a few days did I look at the receipt and saw what I paid for it. Probably thrice what I would have thought (or would have paid for a costume on purpose). Thank goodness I didn't look at the price tag before buying it because for the joy it brought him, it was totally worth it. 

Eli's astronaut costume was a super sweet find. He's been big into space since the shuttle launch and is so excited to be spacey for Halloween. My sister found the awesome personalized astronaut helmet in this etsy shop. Thanks Auntie Kel!

This is Hazel's 2nd Halloween ensem. Her 1st look, the wee mermaid, was peeked last week and is worth another look. There's one more in the works which I believe she'll actually wear to all her Halloween engagements. I smell next week's Peek of the Week!

Happy Halloween!

Now you!
You could get peeking in three easy steps:
1. Blog about your Peek of the Week - whatever it is. Whatever happened that made you proud, laugh, smile, inspired, excited, or just plain happy - now that's worth sharing.
2. Include a link to this blog or put the Peek of the Week button (on the sidebar) in your post.
3. Link your blog post using the InLinkz button below.

If you don't get a chance to get here on Friday, feel free to link your post up later.
The InLinkz button will be active for 5 days.