Before I forget….

as a last minute addition to T’s Tinker Bell costume today I made her a little bag for pixie dust. When I told her what it was for she got really excited and kept asking me about the pixie dust and when I was going to get it and if she could put it on her wings by herself and yada, yada, yada. This went on all day and she would ask me repeatedly if she would be able to fly and I told her no, that she’d just have to pretend and she would give me some response that made me think she understood.

So tonight after bath time we were sitting on the couch discussing the pixie dust yet again and she goes, in the sweetest most genuine voice, “I can’t wait to fly.” And Joe and I looked at her and then at each other and back at her and she was just delighted–she really can’t wait to fly.

The news.

Okay, so maybe it’s just big to me and it requires a back story: This year after much thought and a few mind changes T finally settled on wanting to be Tinkerbell for Halloween. And I thought, “I’ll make the costume!” I got online, looked at the various Tinkerbell costume patterns available, settled on this one, ordered it and when it arrived opened it with GUSTO! Thinking, “I am making this costume!” Five minutes later after failing miserably at trying to comprehend the instructions I folded everything up, slid it back into the envelope and decided the whole “sewing from a pattern” thing wasn’t for me.

I decided to just wing it, go with it and somehow design and create my own Tinkerbell costume. And the news is that I actually did it. It’s got a cute little fitted and tailored top with a sweat heart neckline and the attached skirt is made up of leafy looking pieces. And, it’s all sewn out of a grass green sparkling satin. I finished sewing it today and when I squeezed T into it, literally, she exhaled and said, “Mom, you made it too small with the sewing machine. Make it bigger.” *sigh* So, I may or may not post pictures of the costume–it’ll depend on whether or not I can bribe T into squeezing back into it. And I have to make another one. The good news is that I learned a lot during the process (mostly having to do with measuring) and I’ll be able to execute this one a bit more flawlessly.

I have big news. Big.

Stay tuned.

this girl.

Oh Addison, the youngest of the love bugs. Where has the year gone? Seriously–Where the hell did it go?! Weren’t you born yesterday?

Okay, so maybe you weren’t born yesterday. Maybe it was more like 11 months ago that you were born at 11:11 am after 11 hours of the most horrendous and nauseating pain of my LIFE. Literally. *sigh* But then you were there, in my arms all purple and cone headed and I was so in love. Here it is almost a year later and you’ve out grown the purple cone headed thing, thankfully, and grown into an amazing baby girl who fills our home with joy.

Seal Rock vacay part 2.

After getting no sleep on the rock hard bed (which is my only complaint about the beach house) I got up made breakfast for the fam and then we headed to the beach. Addison did her thing.

T did her thing–which did not include Addison-notice the back turned to the little sister.

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And after a bit of beach combing we went back to the house for lunch and smores (which were T’s favorite part of the trip). When Addison woke from her nap we went to the Oregon Coast Aquarium which we really thought T would love. Turns out the only thing she did love about it was the children’s play area located at the ass end of the tour. We spent more time there then we did walking through the entire aquarium–go figure. Joe and I, on the other hand, loved it–just wish would have

This guy/girl? was my favorite.

The night cap was dinner at an awesome diner and then a run on the beach.

An epic second day with our little family. That night once the girls were in bed Joe and I played chess for three hours–which was awesome.