No Painting

Wednesday afternoon I had the audacity to tell the children we wouldn't be painting pumpkins due to the fact that we didn't have time and Elijah had an entire day off of school on Friday. The kiddies were not pleased with my decision to just play outside bc it was a beautiful day. They decided to paint the slide with leaves and water. Don't worry the pumpkins were painted Friday then again Saturday due to the fact that their parents were too tired to put them up last night and all the paint washed off in the rain. I will post pictures of the Friday painting session when they are up. No photos were taken of the Saturday session though it turns out painting is at the moment a good way to keep the kids involved and reasonably quiet though Emily needs more paint every 2 seconds so it is not an activity that allows for Mommy to do something else.

Trick or Treat at Red Hat

Emily learned to say "Want some Candy" and Elijah found 2 other Louigies and 3 Marios. Emily is dressed as Abbi Kadabi.

Its my happybirthdayparty

Emily's Birthday party was this weekend. It was supposed to be at the park but alas it rained on and off all afternoon so we had it at our house instead. The experience with Emily has been different from Elijah at this age bc many of our friends have kids about her age though most of them are not in these pictures. Her friends Maeve, Alex, Grady, and Hanna came. All of whom are also children of our friends so great for us bc we got to hang with Kirk, Erin, Chrissie, Andy, and Wendy. We all had a great time and by the end of the party we were talking to Kirk and Erin, their daughter Maeve was hugging on Elijah, and Emily was wandering the house dragging bunny by the ear sucking her thumb saying "its my happybirthdayparty". Then she disappeared up to her room where she laid down on the floor and started going night night.

tappie shoes

She is not old enough for tap yet but she loves watching the big girls tap so Ms. April found some little tap shoes in the give away bin for her. Elijah wants some too but I think we will be waiting till this summer on him as he is old enough for classes but they have already started for the fall. In the interim I am going to try to get him to a performance that includes my friend Victoria's son Evan as I would like for him to see a boy he knows dancing.

Birthday Girl

Turtles and Snales

Forgive the crappy pictures it was just not a good day for picture taking. That said Emily has been really into turtles lately so she totally flipped out over the turtle fabric when she saw it at my happy place (better know as Elegant Stitches). I picked the snails to cordinate with it for the blouse which is a little big bc I made the back placket too narrow but hopefully that means it will fit for a while. The pants were lots of fun to make. She is just big enough for some of the bigger kid patterns that have more detail so these have little pin tucks and pockets. She is also all about pockets these days.

cupcakes

These are some felt cup cakes that I made Emily for her Birthday. The were an experience and I like the way they turned out but they were also far more tedious then I really enjoy. I plan on making more play food for Christmas though bc she really enjoys it. I also think if I make more for other kids I will only be doing the pink and purple style and the white style. They are my favorites. Oh and I'm getting a thimble next time I go to jo anns bc these really did get blood sweat and tears.