Sunday, October 25, 2009

random october...

First off, Mamie has never been a fan of costumes. She does not play dress up or put on any of the princess dresses or play clothes that we have. She is strictly a jewelry and high heels girl. Last Halloween it was a nightmare trying to get her to put on (and keep on) her lion costume. This year, Lilly and Mamie decided they wanted to be Peter Pan and Tinkerbell (Peter Pan is their favorite movie right now). Lilly was very sweet and let Mamie decide which one she wanted to be first. Mamie chose Peter Pan. I kept asking Mamie if she was SURE she would wear the Peter Pan costume if I made it and she kept saying, "I will" (which sounds like "I wheel" and is one of her most common phrases). So, one day last week while the girls were home sick (with H1N1 we think), I made the Peter Pan costume. She was no more cooperative than last year. I had to wrestle it onto her and only succeeded because I eventually bribed her with candy. Here are a few pictures I took at my mom and dad's house. I managed to get her to try it on to show CJ and Pop what it looked like. She doesn't have the shoes on and the feather wasn't sewn in yet and looks crazy in a few pictures, but oh well. They might be all we get :)


acting scary with her sword


some technical difficulties with the feather...


Saturday morning the girls and I went to Amy Grant's yard sale at Lipscomb. Mamie picked out a VHS of how different baby animals grow. She was so excited she wanted her daddy to watch it with her the minute we got home. The only VCR still surviving in our house is built into our bedroom TV, so that's where they all were for about an hour after we got home. It was not the most exciting movie...



Here's our Dora pumpkin. I had great plans for this little white pumpkin...maybe a monogram, a cute design, or just a cute little "boo!" but Jon found the website with all the Nickelodeon character templates, so I had to give in. I realize Dora is much more fun for a 2 and 4 year old than a tastefully monogrammed pumpkin. It's really cute lit up--I need to take a picture of it glowing. We still have a HUGE orange pumpkin left to carve...




and does anyone have any suggestions for this mess? I hate these things. IS there any way to clean grass off of these furry crocs? I have put them in the washing machine and it does nothing. I'm afraid the only solution is to sit for hours picking off every piece of grass.
Surely someone out there knows the secret...

10 comments:

Bethany Patton said...

I hope somebody out there has a fix for the crocs. We have some with the exact same issue that the washing machine won't touch!

By the way, love the girls costumes. They look adorable.

Natalie Church said...

They look cute in their costumes...good work on Peter Pan! I hope everyone is well in your house now...sick kiddos are no fun!

Zach and Kim said...

love scary peter pan!you did good

Gini said...

did you try a lint roller?

REALLY cute costumes!!!

Angie said...

The peter pan costume is ADORABLE. They both look so cute in their costumes! I think with the crocs, I'd take the beard trimmer to them and give them a haircut. Hey, maybe Lilly would like to do it.
:-)

The Roper's said...

You are so talented! Peter pan looks great! Good luck with the Crocs???

Julie said...

I love the Peter Pan costume! They both look so cute. I had to laugh about the VHS-our room is the only place we have one too. The girls watch Kidsongs from the eighties in there all the time. I'm going to have to find that template-My girls would love that too! (although I'm like you and will have to get over what I would do with it)

chesley said...

love the costumes - you did a great job! grant has gotten into borrowing all of the VHS movies from the church library & ours is in the den. I can only stand so much Veggie Tales! Good Luck with those crocs, i have no solution!

Courtney said...

you crack me up. my solution would be to throw them away...the girls look SO cute in their costumes! don't you love white pumpkins. hope you guys have a happy halloween!

Missy said...

So cute!! You did a great job:)