What-What?! Week of August 9th

 I thought it would be nice to show off some of Saffron's artwork -- she draws every single day, so you can imagine there's a lot.  These are from her most recent sketchbook.

"Mermaid Girls"

"Green Genie"

"Paintra"
This is a character from the Kirby games, shown here as an actual human.

"Susie"
This is also a character from one of the Kirby games.  She's wearing a kind of mech suit, similar to Iron Man.

"Nervous Schoolgirl"

"Saffron as a Kirby Character"

"Moth Girl"
I love that this one is cute, but not too cute -- the red and blue eyes are kind of creepy.

"Prince Fluff"
Did you know that this is a Kirby character?  He's made out of yarn.

"Comics Suck"
This reads:
"Comics suck."
"We ARE a comic, Rose."

What-What?! Week of November 5th

Okay!  Lots of pictures this time, on account of Halloween and Saffron's Birthday.

This year, the kids went as a popstar, a snowy owl, and Santa Claus:

Corwin's costume has real feathers on the wings, which turned out to be more work than I had anticipated in terms of getting them attached.

You can't see from this picture, but Saffron's vest has little heart-shaped sequins, and she's wearing glitter makeup.

Poor Ozzy kept eating his beard; otherwise, this was an excellent costume for Halloween.  Warm, comfortable, and easy to move around in.

Sunday, we celebrated Saffron's 10th birthday.  It was pretty low-key; we did an ice cream bar instead of cake, with tons of fixings.  She got tons of craft things and activities like that; unfortunately, this week has been super busy, so we haven't had much time to get started on them.  We also got her some disposable cameras, because she had been asking for a polaroid-type camera, but we're not sure she's responsible enough for it yet.

This is the book that goes with a sewing kit her grandma made; the rest of the pictures I have from this are all blurry, though -- kid spent a lot of time going through all the different pieces, though.

Yes, that is Christmas wrapping paper.  No, you can't tell from this picture.

She was way more excited about this one than I was expecting.

This is a needle felting kit to make small animals.

Serving the birthday girl her ice cream.

You see all that pink?  That's all sprinkles. O__O

Bonus picture of Corwin at Starbucks <3

What-What?! Week of December 13th

Today we're celebrating Corwin's birthday!  He's having a Minecraft themed party, and is way excited.  I still have tons to do before guests arrive, like decorating the house and cake.

I had stacked up all his presents last night before I went to bed, so when he got up this morning, he could see them all.  He's just finished shaking all of them.  Most of them rattle like Legos. >.>

I wanted to show everyone Saffron's new shirt.  It says "sparkle glitter dazzle shine", and totally reminds me of Rarity.  It fits her personality perfectly.

Osric made this robot a few days ago.  He begged me to add a face to it, so we did two; a nice face on this side, and an angry one on the other.  Then his head spins around just like Bad Cop/Good Cop from the Lego Movie:

Anyway.  Next week I'll have lots of pictures of Corwin's party!