Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Elf on the Shelf


Yep, he's creepy and overpriced, but we have an Elf on the Shelf.  Meet Harrison McSparkles.



We've had him for about a week now and he cracks Mason up every morning.  Personally I just wish he'd do the laundry while he's creeping around at night.

Thankful

...for being crafty





and for having the world's sweetest, smartest kid.


Halloween 2012

Mase and I have always dressed up for Halloween together.  We were hippies, we were Jane Fonda and Richard Simmons, and we were Thing 1 and Thing 2.  All my ideas.  But this year, he had an opinion.  No, not an opinion, a demand.  This year, he was dead set on being a cat. Not just any cat, either.  I couldn't get creative - he didn't want to be a hippie cat or a rockstar cat or even a fireman cat.  He wanted to be Penny Lane.  My original intention was to be the crazy cat lady from The Simpsons.  I had everything ready to but I had to work on Halloween so I was super rushed and didn't end up dressing up.  Oh well, there's always next year.  

Anyways, I put my craftiness and my mediocre sewing skills to work and came up with a cat costume that Mason was absolutely thrilled with.  The whole thing cost probably 15 bucks to make, too, so it was definitely a success.






His costume was complete with a litter box candy bag.


Will the real Penny please stand up?


The real Penny Lane was a hot dog.


The hot dog costume lasted approximately three minutes before Penny disappeared for a minute and returned naked.  The costume was never seen again.  Seriously.