For Thought...

Completely not kid related...

Trying out blogging from my cell.

Yellow Camero

By popular demand, here is a photo of the girls as they opened their yellow camero. Bare in mind that this vehicle has a maximum speed of 5mph, has seatbelts, and sports a fully working radio... as requested from Santa. In addition, it drives in reverse and can run an MP3 player as well.

S spent most of her driving time worried about the seat belt and offering a princess wave to neighbors.

A, on the other hand, immediately sat in the gangster slouch, rested her left elbow on the top of the door, and showed her approval of the music choice by her very slight rhythmic head bob. I have no idea where my 2 year old picked up such "hip" behavior.

First Sewing Project

"This is the hammock picture for my rats. Its so fuzzy and so thick they might be too warm. Me and mom helped me.

"I sewed it myself. We sewed the fuzzy fabric together. Then we added the edging to the top. Then we sewed it all together and pinned it all together. And then we put the lanyard hooks on to hang it up on the cage. Then we put it in the rat cage.

"I hope you love this picture. If you do, thank-you."

The Sewing Machine Remains Out

And after the Halloween costumes, this year I actually made little valences for the dinning room. I wanted them done for Thanksgiving... 2009. At least I'm only one year late.

More Halloween Photos

I just have to post a couple more photos of my creative creatures. These photos are from Halloween Day... a day spent almost entirely in costume.

As you can see, the blue bird has her face paint on for the big day. She loved her wings most of all, though, and insisted on putting them on and "tweeting" loudly... even while enjoying a very nice Sunday brunch at Mario's. The nest isn't featured very well in this photo, but be assured it is covered in leaves and she carefully tended to 6 eggs that day.

The mean witch is finally wearing her hat and a smile. Although she never warmed up to the hat, she did love her dress and wore it all day at school on Friday. She even liked the "sleeves" that added a little sparkle (and an extra layer of warmth) to her arms.

I was just glad to see to see them both enjoying this year's little fantasy.

This last photo is a little deceptive. After all, while both kids crashed after the morning of Halloween fun, both were also up very late that night. I sat beside A's bed (as is my routine) and she lay there singing "5 Little Pumpkins on a Gate" over and over until 10:30 at night.

(In case you've never been introduced, A is laying next to "Kissy" her favorite doll and probably her favorite toy).

Zoo Boo Fun

The local Zoo always hosts a Halloween trick-or-treating event.

For A, it was her first time out in her costume. The hat is missing, but she is a "mean witch." Sometimes she varies the costume by declaring herself a "scary witch" but normally it is a mean witch. Fortunately for me, she is still only 2 and I was able to adorn her "mean" costume with lots of little hearts.Her sister was a little more challenging. For a long time, she wanted to be a mailbox. As she went from house to house, she would open up the door and ask for the candy to be "mailed." Then she'd raise the flag on the side of the box and with a quick "thank-you" be off.

At the last second, though, she made a switch-a-roo on me. She decided that now she wants to be an endangered blue bird. Most importantly, she wants to be a mommy bird with a nest so that when she sits down she is sitting on her eggs. Here you can see her long tail feathers, sparkling wings, and if you look carefully you can see the brown tutu covered in leaves, twigs, and (of course) her eggs.