Paparazzi

Some photographers just can not take a hint...

Picnicking...

We went to the annual picnic at the Fella's school today. It was a great turn out. They ran out of food...but there was plenty of cute to go around.











Diz was leery of the kooky magician/balloon guy. But his trepidation paid off. He was the last little lad to get a balloon, after much coaxing from balloon guy. It was crazy awesome.

Gorgeous Weather

The weather lately has been perfect - so we've been spending as much time as possible outside. There are lots of playgrounds within walking distance, but only one within hobbling distance. So we've been frequenting the little playground that could - which is just out side our apartment. One baby swing. One slide. Two kid swings. Nothing fancy, but oh so fun.







We're going to enjoy it while we can - I'm sure we'll have snow within the month.

White Rabbit

As a thank-you to a friend who brought dinner while I was laid up, I helped make a plain old white rabbit costume into the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland. She provided the plain rabbit costume, and large clock (which, if this doesn't work out could come in handy. He could go as Flava Flave). I took care of the rest. Here's a little tutorial.

First I made his crazy collar by making to long strips of fabric folded in half. I stitched heavy/firm structural interfacing strips in about every two inches. Then I stitched them to a round base, accordion style.

Then I added another round piece on top, stitching the accordion to it, and cut out a neck hole.
I trimmed and trimmed until I got it small enough to fit comfortably around a kid's neck. Then added some velcro.

The playing card apron was easy peasy. Cut a large white rectangle. Finish the edges by folding under 3/8", then another 1/2" and stitch. Cut a head hole in the middle. Finish that with a quick zig zag. Applique a heart on the front and back.

And viola!
Poor Dizzle.
Now don't be late!

Sharing Lessons with Boogie

Hey Leo, I found this really cool dirt clod.


Wanna see it?



Sharer's remorse.

The Continued Adventures of the Tortoise and the Jaguar

After the corn maze, the wily jaguar and the wise-cracking tortoise took a momentary respite.


Then it was off to the pumpkin patch!
Eli and Maya made an excellent pumpkin wrangling team.

Captain America, could you skootch out of the shot please? Please? Fly away? No? Ok, fine.



Tracking down the perfect pumpkin is a dirty job.

Poor Leo. This tortoise doesn't tarry long in one spot.


Snot + dirt = yum.
Tuckered turtle.

This was the best we could do getting all the kiddos in one shot. We almost got smiles out of everybody at the same time. Wish we'd have thought to move that stroller. Oh well. We had an absolute blast and are totally feeling the fall around here. Love it.

Post-Bath Boogie

Squeaky clean and just plain cute.
Curls!