Halloween

Halloween around here is always fun. The kids have a huge collection of "dress-ups" and costumes from Grandma Dee, and there's always something great for the kids to wear. This year, however, Violet really wanted to be Violet Incredible. No problem. Check out Disney Store.com - but they are sold out. That's fine... I would go to the Disney Store in town and pick up the costume. Except for one problem. Apparently all the Disney Stores in town have closed. Oops. When did *that* happen???

That's fine. I'll check out eBay. Well. The Violet Incredible costume that was her size was going for $160. Um, no thanks.

I decided to hunt around town to see what I could come up with. I did find and Incredibles costume at Wal-Mart, but it wasn't the really cool form-fitting one that Disney was selling. Oh and of course they didn't have one in Riley's size, and if Violet was going to be Violet, he wanted to be Dash. Ack.

That's when I saw it. Jasmine. PERFECT!!! She could wear her black wig, and we already had Aladdin, thanks to Grandma Dee. Fabulous!


Like the wig? Yep. It's the same one I was wearing when I was the Elsie-wannabe ;)


Violet loved it that I put fancy makeup on her :)


I could not believe he was actually wearing the wig. My son cracks me RIGHT up.

Violet loved wearing her costume to school. And her teacher, Mrs. Piccininni, loved it, too! For Halloween, Mrs. Piccininni becomes Mrs. WITCHininni!



Of course this weekend a big box arrived from Grandma Dee for Riley. Inside were more costumes - a firefighter, a tiger, Beast (from Beauty and the Beast), and SpiderMan. Riley has not taken off SpiderMan since it arrived. He even slept in it last night. So the costume choice may change by the time the 31st rolls around. I'll keep you posted as to what they wear when trick-or-treating ;)

Haircut Photos... and a few of Riley too

Here you go. I'm not *that* upset anymore. I mean, after I counted to... I don't know... a thousand... it wasn't all that bad...



And it's only one side. That's a plus, right? RIGHT??



And of course Riley is there to add a little comic relief to the mix. He is forever running around with a pull-up on his head, declaring that it is his "cooker hat!" and offering to bake things for us.





Well tonight he took it a step further... and decided to make himself look like a Power Ranger.
Um, ok...





Ahhhh yes. The things one boy can imagine with a diaper on his head. :)

Memo to Emily,

our next door neighbor little girl.

Don't come to our front door wanting to play with Violet when you are holding your kitten.
Barabbas will run out the door and try to eat it.
The kittie will claw you to escape, and hide under the neighbors bushes.
I will have to rescue the cat while restraining the dog and trying to calm the hysterical 4 year old girl.
And I hate cats.

That is all.

It was only a matter of time

before Violet decided to try her hand at cutting her own hair.

Indeed.
No photos yet. Still too upset.

Always fun! And cool too!

Find out the meaning in your name

here's mine...

Jessie

Wealthy one, He beholds : Hebrew

You are an inspiring leader whose originality, creativity and wisdom are applied to creating practical solutions to "unsolvable" problems. Humanitarian and idealistic your vision is to make the world a better place and you will work to this end. Hardworking and tenacious people admire you for your honesty and integrity. You are a loved and loyal friend and partner. You have the potential to achieve enormous success in the world.

and here's the info for my full name, Jessica:

Jessica

Wealthy one, He beholds : Hebrew

You are charming, talented and have a very positive attitude to life so it is hardly surprising that you attract success and recognition. Focussed and patient you understand that material rewards are a result of discipline. Being so creative and with a need for self-expression you may be drawn towards the arts, travel is also likely to be important. A loyal friend, you are a person who must be allowed freedom and independence.

Let me know what yours says!! :)

Phase 2 of the new 'do

Now I have Puerto Rican hair. :) :) :)

Cleaning out

my scraproom. Val, aren't you proud of me??

I am listing a bunch of stuff on ebay. Check it out...
My Ebay Listings

If you know anyone who wants this stuff, let 'em know of my fabulous ebay deals!!