bits of november

ballerinas & bowties

I'm thankful for living right across the street from our dear friends and celebrating birthdays together - the most recent was Amelia's 5th birthday where the theme was 'ballerinas & bowties'. I was inspired right away to make the boys (G included) some charming bowties and I think I succeeded! The cute factor at this party was very high. :)

candy and cowboys and pancakes, oh my!

This was by far the best Halloween we've had as a family - we took the boys along with some friends to Safe Halloween at Stramler Park. We walked along through the wonderful Pioneer Village complete with old buildings and trains. Candy or not, any place with a train equals Disneyland in our book. We thought eating pancakes for dinner at our neighborhood bowling alley would be the perfect end to our evening. The festivities continued the next night at our good friends' annual Halloween bash where we did some old school neighborhood trick-or-treating. This was the boys' first official trick-or-treating experience so it was so fun to watch their recognition of what was happening after about the third house. Their costumes were traditionally last-minute as is my style. I literally threw everything together Sunday when I happily realized we had everything for two cowboy-esque costumes including the circa 1972 overalls that G wore when he was their age - they're still in perfect condition! No sewing or money needed. My FAVE. Just throw in an eyeliner mustache and voilà!