Hints from my daughter

After being told for 3 Sundays that her white dress was still dirty and she could not wear it to church, Leslie decided a little reminder was in order. When I came in her room in the morning, this was on her desk. The smiling figure is saying, "Wash this."

Princess Sabrina Eowyn

We decided to be Lord of the Rings characters for Halloween, so I am getting a head start on sewing the costumes. I have already finished an Eowyn costume for Sabrina and an Arwen costume for me; next up we will do an Aragorn for Russell and a Galadriel dress for Leslie.

Leslie and Sabrina as LOTR characters

Holding their props--Sabrina holds a sword, as Eowyn is a knight princess; and Leslie has the light of Galadriel.

As a comparason, here is what Eowyn is supposed to look like

I tried to do a dress similar to the white dress pattern, but with fabric like the green dress.

Arwen from LOTR

Here is what I was aiming for with my costume.

Halloween dress

here is the dress I sewed, pre-dye

The back of the dress

Our awesome trip to San Diego!

A park near Mission Beach

If the children weren't sunburnt and exhausted, we would've made them get out of the car and pose to be in this picture. Leslie has decided she wants to get her endowments out here. Fine with us!
At the aquarium, we were surprised to learn these are animals, not plants.

Waves!

San Diego Beach!

I can't believe the beach was this close all along, and it took us two years of living in AZ before we visited the coast. Now we know where we'll spend weekends next summer!

Imperfect storm

We enjoy watching the houses on our street being built.
We had huge winds and a lot of lightning Thursday night. It snapped our three inch thick tree stake off at the roots, and the tree fell down. At least we didn't have it as bad as other parts of Phoenix though.

Presents

Sabrina received two VHS movies, which she enjoys because unlike DVDs, she can put them into the VCR and watch them by herself. She read their titles Winnie Pooh, and Lady and the Brat. She also got the trike we ordered before Christmas and have been waiting for months to give to her.

A great party

You know it was a great party when it takes an hour to clean up afterward.

A special birthday cake

It's supposed to be a dog, if you were wondering. Leslie had the clever thought of using an extra cupcake top for the eye spot.

Birthday package

Sabrina loved her new corral of horses. To compromise over who could name their horse Buttercup, she and Leslie named them Buttercup A, Buttercup B, Buttercup C, and Buttercup L, "which stands for Lulu," said Leslie.

Tent bed!

To help with giving up binkies and bottles, the kids got a new bed. We put a full-size mattress in the bottom tent, and they both sleep inside it.

I can't believe this!

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Happy Pioneer Day!

This is Leslie wearing her pioneer dress. I told her to smile for the camera, and she said, no, in pioneer pictures they always frown. So we got one of each pose.

Our own private carousel

Going to the zoo in summer sure has its advantages--we were able to park close to the entrance, get right up close to see the animals, and were the only people on the carousel! We felt like zoo royalty.

First snow cones

Granna gave the kids their first ever snow cones.