Scrapbook: Pink Pirate Princess Halloween
This year we celebrated Halloween with a milestone as it was the first year Isobel was both interested and not terrified in going trick-or-treating and the first year where we did not dictate her...
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Nail Polish Hair Clips Thrift Store Gore BINGO DIY Cowl Tutorial DIY NASA JPL Costumes NIPPERS! DIY Catnip Toys DIY Magnet Chalkboard The Sweetheart Patch DIY Corsage Tutorial DIY Flower Fascinator,...
View ArticleIsobel’s Closet: Operation Strong Girl
Carolyn at Wishing Elephant is trying to send a message to our daughters by starting Operation Strong Girl, a movement which aims to send our girls the message “you are strong.” She sent me a costume...
View ArticleHoliday Special: Scott’s Most Awesome Halloween Party Ever of 2013
As I mentioned previously, I just didn’t have it in me to do a whole lot for Halloween this year. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays because there’s no stress and I love to dress up but a...
View ArticleDIY Bow Tie
Isobel’s school kicked off the end of October by celebrating Red Ribbon Week, and in addition to creating a personal challenge for me to not say Red Wibbon Week, kids were invited to dress up in a...
View ArticleThrifty Costumes: DIY Pikachu Baby Costume
If you’re lucky a parent gets two, maybe three, years of being able to pick out your child’s Halloween costume until they are ready to impose their own opinions of the costume selecting process. You...
View ArticleScrapbook: DIY Wasp Avengers Costume
I always knew it would come down to this: a list minute Halloween costume decision. First she wanted to be a Christmas fairy. Then a forest fairy. And then something called a Squirrel Scientist, which...
View ArticleScrapbook: Rainy Halloween 2014
It rained an improbable rain on Halloween, making the wet roads glossy and black like the fur of a seal. The year before we went door to door with perspiration clinging to our brow like the last...
View ArticleFF Wasp Costume
Last year for Halloween Isobel was The Wasp from the Avengers. We made her costume ourselves. Have a great weekend! What is Follow Friday? It’s a Twitter meme that I have taken a couple steps further....
View ArticleHalloween Wrap Up 2015
I’m already running a bit late for my self-imposed goal of posting every day for November, so you’ll have to excuse me. Halloween was much more physically exhausting than I anticipated, especially...
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