Wordless Wednesday: "Get Me Out of Here!"

 In my defense, he did lead them on with waves and clapping.

My 40th Week in Droid Pics

Another week, and another late post.  I decided Saturday morning to take the boys to Sesame Place by myself for the weekend, so there was little time for the internets, and this morning was all about recuperation.  As I look back at the week, I'm kind of shocked at how much I got accomplished- Halloween costumes done, O's 1 Year photos, trips to NYC & PA, and Hubby competed in a triathlon (I know that's not really something I accomplished, but I did get us up and out the door super early).


Also, I scratched the lens on my Droid, so things are a bit blurrier than usual.

Sunday

Watching the sun rise at the beach.

I lost track of which one was Hubby 2.5 seconds after they hit the water.

This beach is mostly rocks.  Sucks for lying on a towel.  Awesome for toddlers.

I forgot clothes for O, so he rocked his PJs all day.

And then there was the nice lady with her pet rabbit.

peek-a-boo

Monday

Our Moms Club had a storytime/craft playdate.

They both thought this was hilarious.

Tuesday

Sewing EVERY SPARE MOMENT.  I promise this was in the parking lot.  I don't sew & drive.

JD has always been into books, but O is starting to flip through them on his own now too.  This entertained them the entire trip to NYC.

O's go see was near the Apple Store in Chelsea.

Wednesday

Reading to the dog.

The costume is done!

 Thursday

The only way I can get O's carseat straps on is to hand him this Nemo book.   Also, I'll be very sad to see the infant seat go because this thing is convenient!

My baby girl was groomed.

JD insisted on wearing "Daddy's hat" (swim cap) to My Gym. 

Friday 

This was the day that I trucked through the mud with our awesome photographer to get some gorgeous shots of O.  I have to go through proofs & do some narrowing down, and then I'll have some to share!

Watching Toy Story 3 at the doctor's office.  I swear this has been on repeat there since it came out.

Saturday 

JD called me into his room to show me how all the Little People were partying at the fire house.

O is excited to get to Sesame Place!

We made it in time for the parade.

 Sunday

I was happy to introduce the boys to Fievel while I got ready in the hotel.

Because I was carrying O, I had to sit on the bench on the carousel.  JD rode the horse like a big boy all by himself!

I hope you had a great week!  Did you take phone pics?  Grab the code at Amy's and link up!

Super Easy DIY Baby Lion Costume

Our family is going with old school Circus-y themed costumes for O's 1st birthday Halloween party, and I knew from the start that JD would be the strong man.  Hubby wanted to be the ring master, and I will be a tightrope walker.  I had a really rough time with O.  It had to be something cute because it's his party, and it also had to be something comfortable that he wouldn't mind wearing all day.  We decided on a lion, but any costume I found in a store was either a) cheap looking, b) super expensive, and/or c) thick fuzzy material that he would sweat his little butt off in.


So I decided to make my own.  A DIY baby lion costume was exactly what I needed to be working on instead of cleaning my house!  I used a pic from the Good Housekeeping's Halloween issue as inspiration, but didn't follow their brief tutorial because it just didn't make any sense to me (honestly, they lost me at turning over hems and abutting strips). I think mine came out cuter than theirs, and it seems to be much simpler.

The ears are a little big, but so are O's, so it's okay.

Materials:

• Brown hat with ear flaps 
• Fleece (I bought a 1/2 yard of brown, tan, and gold and still have a lot left.)
• Polyester fiberfill
• Brown clothing (Good Housekeeping used a sleeper- I didn't feel like hunting a brown one down.)
• Pinking shears

(Good Housekeeping also made paws on the feet of the sleeper & mittens, but O doesn't keep socks on & I wouldn't bet on him keeping mittens on either!)


I started with this hat from The Children's Place

I turned it inside out (so you couldn't see the dog) and removed the tags.  After Halloween, I can remove the mane, flip it around, and use it as a winter hat.

Liking it so far.

I cut 3-inch strips from the fleece and fringed it with the pinking shears.  Then I tacked it on to the hat, going from ear flap to ear flap around the face.

Nothing needs to be perfect here, so I could totally watch Grey's while sewing.

I pushed the fringe forward and tacked the next strip on.  I alternated colors and put on 6 strips total to finish the lion's mane.

Then I cut out 2 ear shapes from the brown fleece, tacked a smaller tan ear shape (cut with pinking shears) to 1 of them, turned them right side in & sewed them together.  I turned it right-side-out, pinched the bottom, and attached it behind the mane.  I repeated for the second ear.

For the tail, I sewed a tube about 1.5 feet long out of brown fleece, stuffed it with fiberfill, and attached some fringed pieces of the three colors to the end.

His brown shirt had a design on the front, so I made him a tan belly out of fleece. I cut the edges with the pinking shears so it went with the hat.

ROAR

on the prowl

It's the cirrrrrrrrcle of life.....

All that picture taking wore him out. Time for some lion around.  haha

He wasn't a big fan of the hat at first, but once I distracted him, he forgot about it.  I'm going to put it on him as much as we can leading up to Halloween to get him used to it.  And I'm going to fix the ears.  This homemade lion costume is perfect for him because it's comfortable, easy to crawl in, and really brings out his little personality.