This year I am considering a very neutral theme:
Special friends such as my oldest's Soft Elephant and my youngest's Zebra & Rabbit are always welcome - they are part of the family ;D
Do you take annual pics?
Friday, November 4, 2011
Fashion Friday: Family Pics
As the days of Thanksgiving and Christmas approach, there is another event that we honor every year - Family Picture Day.
This year I am considering a very neutral theme:
Special friends such as my oldest's Soft Elephant and my youngest's Zebra & Rabbit are always welcome - they are part of the family ;D
Do you take annual pics?
This year I am considering a very neutral theme:
Special friends such as my oldest's Soft Elephant and my youngest's Zebra & Rabbit are always welcome - they are part of the family ;D
Do you take annual pics?
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Holidays a deux
Something my husband and I have always made sure of is spending time together, even during the madness of the holidays.
Even if it is just for a few minutes while the kids are (gasp!) watching a video, it is very important to us to have some time to chill and talk about what's going on in our lives, what our plans are for the next few days, to make sure we're in sync and not forget anything in our busy schedule.
We don't have fancy china or a lot of heirloom pieces but I like to set a table for two with items that mean a lot to us:
The runner on top of the off-white tablecloth was made by my mom. The yellow napkin underneath the leaf and mug on the right is part of a set made by me. Yep, I sewed a set of 16 napkins because I loved the color of the fabric I found. The three little pumpkins in front were purchased at my youngest's pumpkin patch field trip, and then the boys and I painted them with a clear glaze, then sprinkled glitter on top. They look so sweet and remind me of the fun I had with my boy that day. The ORB-painted candlestick is my on of my beloved fleur-de-lis candlesticks, which I found on sale at Goodwill. The little ceramic holder (you can see it better in the second pic) was gifted to us full of yummy almonds last year, after we ate the almonds I couldn't part with it :D
Some hot chocolate and good conversation makes for a nice break - we are lucky that my mother-in-law watches the boys often for us, and we get to spend some quality time together.
Even if it is just for a few minutes while the kids are (gasp!) watching a video, it is very important to us to have some time to chill and talk about what's going on in our lives, what our plans are for the next few days, to make sure we're in sync and not forget anything in our busy schedule.
We don't have fancy china or a lot of heirloom pieces but I like to set a table for two with items that mean a lot to us:
The runner on top of the off-white tablecloth was made by my mom. The yellow napkin underneath the leaf and mug on the right is part of a set made by me. Yep, I sewed a set of 16 napkins because I loved the color of the fabric I found. The three little pumpkins in front were purchased at my youngest's pumpkin patch field trip, and then the boys and I painted them with a clear glaze, then sprinkled glitter on top. They look so sweet and remind me of the fun I had with my boy that day. The ORB-painted candlestick is my on of my beloved fleur-de-lis candlesticks, which I found on sale at Goodwill. The little ceramic holder (you can see it better in the second pic) was gifted to us full of yummy almonds last year, after we ate the almonds I couldn't part with it :D
Some hot chocolate and good conversation makes for a nice break - we are lucky that my mother-in-law watches the boys often for us, and we get to spend some quality time together.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Happy Halloween!
I've been posting about the costume my husband made for our little one.
I was very surprised that my youngest chose this, as the one who had loved this character to begin with, was my oldest (he even had his latest birthday party with this theme), but he's moved onto superheroes.
Thank goodness our oldest went with a store-bought, because my husband needed every last minute to get our youngest's costume done.
The Saturday before Halloween, our cousin needed help for his costume, so most of that day was spent working on that. His costume was (luckily for my husband) just the headgear to become DeadMau5. Yeah, I'm old, because I was seriously creeped out and had no clue who that was. My oldest, though, had no problem sitting on DeadMau5's lap for a pic.
Sunday was the deadline, then, and my husband went to work, the level of detail in this costume blew me away.
The base of the costume itself was carpet foam that he got for free just by asking carpet installers. The spikes were cut from foam, primed, then spray painted. The texture all over the "skin" is small stripes of silicone. The teeth were cut from foam, then painted and attached to the upper and lower jaws, same with the foot claws. The feet are cut to go over our son's shoes. We decided to not make claws for the hands in case our little man got overenthusiastic and scratched one of his classmates.
Here is the head, almost done:
My husband helping our little man right before his parade:
Waving to one of the people taking his pic. Kids and grown ups wanted to have their pic taken with him, people were filming him, it was hilarious!
After his parade was over, my husband and I and my in-laws (who joined us for the morning) had breakfast, then headed over to my oldest's school.
A quick wave from a busy Captain America:
His good friend S. was Wolverine so there was lots of superhero talk :D
So this was our morning, now we get a few hours of quiet before the madness of "candy extortion" as my husband calls it. And oh yeah, Godzilla was made for under $35.
Happy Halloween from Captain America and Godzilla! Be safe and have a great time!
I was very surprised that my youngest chose this, as the one who had loved this character to begin with, was my oldest (he even had his latest birthday party with this theme), but he's moved onto superheroes.
Thank goodness our oldest went with a store-bought, because my husband needed every last minute to get our youngest's costume done.
The Saturday before Halloween, our cousin needed help for his costume, so most of that day was spent working on that. His costume was (luckily for my husband) just the headgear to become DeadMau5. Yeah, I'm old, because I was seriously creeped out and had no clue who that was. My oldest, though, had no problem sitting on DeadMau5's lap for a pic.
Sunday was the deadline, then, and my husband went to work, the level of detail in this costume blew me away.
The base of the costume itself was carpet foam that he got for free just by asking carpet installers. The spikes were cut from foam, primed, then spray painted. The texture all over the "skin" is small stripes of silicone. The teeth were cut from foam, then painted and attached to the upper and lower jaws, same with the foot claws. The feet are cut to go over our son's shoes. We decided to not make claws for the hands in case our little man got overenthusiastic and scratched one of his classmates.
Here is the head, almost done:
My husband helping our little man right before his parade:
Waving to one of the people taking his pic. Kids and grown ups wanted to have their pic taken with him, people were filming him, it was hilarious!
After his parade was over, my husband and I and my in-laws (who joined us for the morning) had breakfast, then headed over to my oldest's school.
A quick wave from a busy Captain America:
His good friend S. was Wolverine so there was lots of superhero talk :D
So this was our morning, now we get a few hours of quiet before the madness of "candy extortion" as my husband calls it. And oh yeah, Godzilla was made for under $35.
Happy Halloween from Captain America and Godzilla! Be safe and have a great time!
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Costume progress - and a hint!
My awesome husband is almost done with our little man's costume. Good thing because he has a parade tomorrow morning!
The attention to detail keeps amazing me. Also, he helped with his cousin's costume Saturday afternoon. I am not posting that yet, but it came out great. I think. Because I was a little creeped out by it and wasn't really sure what/who it was. I looked it up and I'm still creeped out. Today my hubs is putting the final details on this costume and I can't wait to see it finished!
The attention to detail keeps amazing me. Also, he helped with his cousin's costume Saturday afternoon. I am not posting that yet, but it came out great. I think. Because I was a little creeped out by it and wasn't really sure what/who it was. I looked it up and I'm still creeped out. Today my hubs is putting the final details on this costume and I can't wait to see it finished!
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Featured at Comin' Home
My bloggy friend Donna at Comin' Home is a wonderful lady. She always has a kind word and good advice, and I love reading her posts, so I was delighted when she included my fall wreath in her recent post about fall decorating.
I love the bottles with the reeds she included and my boys are going to make a Thanksgiving garland much like the one she featured.
Go check out Donna's post, it has many ideas for fall decor that are easy to do and are sure to autumn-ize your home. Is that a word? It is now ;D
I love the bottles with the reeds she included and my boys are going to make a Thanksgiving garland much like the one she featured.
Go check out Donna's post, it has many ideas for fall decor that are easy to do and are sure to autumn-ize your home. Is that a word? It is now ;D
Friday, October 28, 2011
Fashion Friday: Scarf it down!
I love scarves, and I love that we're in the perfect season for them. Right now afternoons still get a little warm but in the morning when take the boys to school, it is deliciously chilly!
I am super lucky that both my mom and my sister are avid knitters/crocheters, so they have contributed a large percentage of my scarf stash. My favorite purchased scarf is the tan one with tassels on the bottom right.
It is from Old Navy and it came in 3 different colorways, and yeah, I wish I had bought the other two because I love that thing.
A scarf can be such a versatile accessory - it can instantly transform a ho-hum outfit, i.e. what I wear most of the time, into something interesting. That said, I cannot wear two types of scarves - 1, the infinity type scarf, which are basically a big circle you wrap around your neck a few times, because my makeup and hair get wrecked. Graceful, I am not. And 2, the type that are very delicate, either lacy or the ones that are a bunch of flowers joined together, because I have two kids and two cats, and again, graceful I am NOT, and within 5 minutes the thing would be snagged into unwearable uselessness.
Luckily for me, there are plenty of other types of scarves that I can wear. As a devoted francophile the scarf is my accessory of choice - I love this article that came out last year about a writer who gets seduced by the power of a great scarf. Since I rather pride myself on not spending much for my "couture" I don't think I'd be shelling out 150 euro for a scarf, but it's a good article anyway.
I leave you with some images to inspire your weekend, stay warm!
I am super lucky that both my mom and my sister are avid knitters/crocheters, so they have contributed a large percentage of my scarf stash. My favorite purchased scarf is the tan one with tassels on the bottom right.
It is from Old Navy and it came in 3 different colorways, and yeah, I wish I had bought the other two because I love that thing.
A scarf can be such a versatile accessory - it can instantly transform a ho-hum outfit, i.e. what I wear most of the time, into something interesting. That said, I cannot wear two types of scarves - 1, the infinity type scarf, which are basically a big circle you wrap around your neck a few times, because my makeup and hair get wrecked. Graceful, I am not. And 2, the type that are very delicate, either lacy or the ones that are a bunch of flowers joined together, because I have two kids and two cats, and again, graceful I am NOT, and within 5 minutes the thing would be snagged into unwearable uselessness.
Luckily for me, there are plenty of other types of scarves that I can wear. As a devoted francophile the scarf is my accessory of choice - I love this article that came out last year about a writer who gets seduced by the power of a great scarf. Since I rather pride myself on not spending much for my "couture" I don't think I'd be shelling out 150 euro for a scarf, but it's a good article anyway.
I leave you with some images to inspire your weekend, stay warm!
Source: nettevivante.blogspot.com via Myrtille on Pinterest
Source: makeit-loveit.com via Myrtille on Pinterest
Source: atlantic-pacific.blogspot.com via Bruna on Pinterest
Source: outfitidentifier.com via Tori on Pinterest
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Costume progress
My awesome husband has taken on the task of making our youngest's Halloween costume. Every night after he's done with work he works and works on it for a few hours. I think it's going to look awesome!
I have to say I'm surprised that my youngest chose this and my oldest ended up going with a store bought costume. Can you guess what it is?
I have to say I'm surprised that my youngest chose this and my oldest ended up going with a store bought costume. Can you guess what it is?
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