Here are some pictures from our big day out - what a blast! Hope your Halloween is just as joyful as ours was.
October 2009 Archives
I escaped last weekend with two wonderful friends to a spa in Martinborough, the wine region near Wellington. It was wonderful, relaxing, healing and full of laughter. All made even better by the fact that Jake had an entire weekend off (GASP!) and spent it with the girls so I could get away, anxiety free.
Everyone had a great time free of separation anxiety and full of Star Wars! I came back to a Star Wars focused family. Many discussions were being had about "RDD2", "the guy in the tree with the pointy ears", "the two guys fighting with flashlights", and "the walking guys getting closer and CLOSER AND CLOSER!".
Jake had apparently been searching around town to get the girls some action figures that would work for the girls. R2D2 was specifically being sought. Sadly, we couldn't find him anywhere. Josie picked out a Clone Wars cell phone which I think is totally lame. Not one authentic Star Wars sound effect included! Josie however, is in love with it! Sophie scored a C3PO figure and instantly made a bed for him in a paua shell, complete with tissue pillow and blanket. She took him to nap with her, happy as a clam, er, paua. ;) When she woke up, she staggered out, forgetting, I think, that she only had her pull up on. This is what was written on her leg.
In case you can't make it out it says "Sophie loves C3PO". I called Jake and we both had a good chuckle about it.
Everyone had a great time free of separation anxiety and full of Star Wars! I came back to a Star Wars focused family. Many discussions were being had about "RDD2", "the guy in the tree with the pointy ears", "the two guys fighting with flashlights", and "the walking guys getting closer and CLOSER AND CLOSER!".
Jake had apparently been searching around town to get the girls some action figures that would work for the girls. R2D2 was specifically being sought. Sadly, we couldn't find him anywhere. Josie picked out a Clone Wars cell phone which I think is totally lame. Not one authentic Star Wars sound effect included! Josie however, is in love with it! Sophie scored a C3PO figure and instantly made a bed for him in a paua shell, complete with tissue pillow and blanket. She took him to nap with her, happy as a clam, er, paua. ;) When she woke up, she staggered out, forgetting, I think, that she only had her pull up on. This is what was written on her leg.
In case you can't make it out it says "Sophie loves C3PO". I called Jake and we both had a good chuckle about it.
We've been sick and stuck inside these school holidays so among other things, we've been crafting. Here's some of our handy work.
This owl was from Kids Craft Weekly. Sophie had a great time putting him all together.
The bags for our owls were a little too long so we hacked it off and decided to make a crown. Josie enjoyed gluing the jewels on.
I tried to tie a little letter lesson in to our crafts. I asked Sophie if she knew any other words that started with O. I love the two she came up with. One is our dear friend, the other a veggie she's never tasted.
And, um, that's my handwriting and art skills.
Here's the crown being modeled. PS. I got this smile by telling her NOT to smile.
We repeated the system again the next day with stellar results.
A little princess.
Again, my favorite part are the words Sophie came up with. Sadly, I had to coax her into the last "M" word.
The bags for our owls were a little too long so we hacked it off and decided to make a crown. Josie enjoyed gluing the jewels on.
And, um, that's my handwriting and art skills.
We repeated the system again the next day with stellar results.
Testing out another photo site.
Slideshow feature test
Trying out a possible alternative for our crufty DAlbum.. what do you think? Any Flickr fans out there care to offer us any advice? We're also considering smugmug and Picasa, if you have opinions on those too!
