What-What?! Week of December 22nd

This past week, we celebrated Corwin's 10th birthday.  We had super-chocolatey ice cream cake, presents, and hit up Red Robin for dinner.

Corwin was pretty excited about his gifts

I can't remember what he was laughing about, but he was very amused by it

When he realized he was getting Lego :)

His other presents were some Pokemon toys, a Zelda mug, and a DnD box set

What-What?! Week of November 17th

Finally some pictures from Halloween -- it's been a long, busy couple of weeks.

Osric went as Bowser, from Super Mario Brothers.  I sewed cuffs onto his hoodie, and made a spiked turtle shell for this costume.

"RAWR"

Shell -- this is fabric stretched over a foam form, with air dry clay spikes attached.

Corey was the grim reaper

Saffron the fox! Super cute <3

Jedi -- he made his own lightsaber for this.

Mad scientist, with my creation

There was hardly anyone out on Halloween -- we barely got any trick or treaters at all, and we didn't stay out very late ourselves as it was just so cold.

What-What?! Week of November 3rd

I have an absolute boat load of pictures from Halloween and Saffron's birthday, so how about we start with Saffron's birthday.  She's now 12!  This year, she asked for a red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting, decorated like a Poke Ball (from Pokemon).

Lotsa presents!  Found out that my mom and I both got the same wrapping paper, whoops!  (The skull and pumpkins are Halloween decorations, not gifts.)

The husband did the art for this bag -- we pulled out the cards from the game "Sushi Go!", and he based it off of that.  Came out very cute!

We got her a variety of Asian snacks, including Hello Panda, Pocky, mochi, a chocolate drink thing, and some purple yam snack things (which were actually really good).

Osric got her some Pokemon fakey Lego.  These were actually surprisingly nice, much better than the Mega Blocks we'd gotten before, though still not as nice as real Lego.

"Mom!  Let me read it already!"

The folding green was much appreciated -- she's already been to the store to buy herself Harry Potter Lego!  She didn't spend all of it though -- unlike her brothers, she doesn't let it burn a hole in her pocket.

This pencil sharpener is actually a lot of fun to play with. >.>

Poor Saffron spent a lot of time fighting with this wrapping paper -- it's impossible to rip!  I couldn't get it to tear either.  Very pretty, but it's the kind of paper that you shouldn't use a ton of tape on if you want the giftee to be able to open without scissors. D:

Tons of art supplies -- she was really excited about these!

Harry Potter Puzzle that Corey got her.

The husband and I got her a Ravenclaw scarf, complete with embroidered house crest.

Video games, a must-have.  This one is pretty cool because the whole concept is that you create your own levels, and because Oz also has the game, they can share levels with each other.

A cat apron.  So cute!

Crappy picture of her Pokemon -- Eevee and Jigglypuff.  Jigglypuff is a singing Pokemon, so we spent the rest of the weekend listening to children sing"Jiggly-puuuuuff, jiiiiigglleeeeeee~!".

What-What?! Week of September 22nd

Not much to post today -- it was a quiet week and we haven't really done anything interesting.

Yesterday we went shopping and stopped at the Starbucks to hang out and have treats -- the kids had a good time playing 20 million questions.

At the craft store, I bought myself this rabid zombie squirrel -- isn't it hilarious?  It's so unusual to find squirrel Halloween decorations that I just had to pick it up.

Also I made Saffron a little crochet kitty -- I tried brushing it to make it fuzzy, which is a technique I hadn't tried before, and it seems like it came out okay.

What-What?! Week of September 15th

Yesterday, I took the boys to the Funko main store in Everett.  We've been a few times before and always have fun, and I thought it was about time to go again.  This time they had the "make your own pop" set up with a variety of monster bits, so the boys each made themselves one.

Had to check out the Batmobile again

Maleficent is one of the favorites over in the Disney section

After visiting the store, we hit up the bakey/cafe next door and got donuts, milk, and coffee

Osric's was messy -- his frosting just got on everything!

Osric and his Monster King

Corwin's Space King