Another birthday. Yay!

We've been talking to lil kid about how she's a "big girl" now. More than one hand old! We're taking Luna and her cousin Natalie to Disney for her birthday, but we'll be going on Mike's actual birthday. It's a mess, but we're cool with it. Heh.


We made cupcakes to take to school. It was the day before her birthday because they were going on a field trip to a puppet show. Didn't want to sugar the kids up for an outing. lol.


Mom got her a funky cowboy/sun hat. She wore Oupa's cowboy boots pops to school.


Rather than a cake, since we do SO much baking here, Luna and Daddy decided on gigantic frosting coated cookie sandwiches. It took Luna 4 days to eat that cookie monster with others helping. :)

Saturday was pretty epic for a little kid. Gonna have to be a whole new post.

Megacon and Millinery skills

Ok, so we thought it would be cool to dress Luna in a character outfit for her first Con experience. After much debate over how many lumpy dudes in spiderman costumes there might be at a given time, Mike and I decided on Dr. Facilier (The Shadowman) from Princess and the frog. Luna loves him and wants to dress that way for the coming Halloween.

Since I got the hat constructed, it's been hard to keep it off her head! It's really cool how much she loves this whole thing.

I'm uberthrifty, so we explored all sorts of options before getting this one solid. I found a guy on Ebay selling old kid tux parts for crazy cheap. That solved, the next step was the hat. They cost more than I want to spend to purchase unless you've got an affinity for shoddy plastic crap, then there's loads in my price range and time availability! Googled how to make a top hat. Ok, doesn't take super human skills or a serger, so it started to look possible. But how to make it as crazy inexpensive as possible?

Let's break it down:
Giant purple feather = $2.50 ebay
Red Ribbon = $1
Black posterboard = .50c
Black bias tape = $1.99
Black puff paint = $1
Glue sticks = Had em (mostly)
Glue gun & etc = Had em
Black satin & netting = Thanx Jenny's mom!
Crown and rim = Thanx Lucky Charms box!
White Skull = Cut from the bag the jacket came in.
Big black jewel = Busted necklace part
Foam edging to size the hat = feather shipping tube

And half that expense is what would be used for a purchased hat! Whee!

Another Pleasant Valley Sunday...

Luna fell asleep last night in the middle of a cookie baking spree. When she got up this morning, we decided that cookies and milk made a decent enough brekkie for her as long as cartoons were involved. Yes, she is using her sleeping Daddy's waist divot as a plate. Teehee.


Daddy and Luna went outside for a little bit and did some MUCH needed yardwork. She found a caterpillar and played with it for a while before putting him back in the honeysuckle arbor.

March Madness

Well, after over 2 years, Luna ended up in hospital again. Still not sure if it was backlash from a cold she got at school or the freakishly high pollen count. However, they said it was pneumonia and boom into the hosp she goes. They had to send her to Orlando, since Deland doesn't have a pediatric unit. She was in for 4 days, then came home with a pile of meds and breathing treatment stuff.

She's doing much better and we're all really glad it didn't happen later in the month. She's going to MegaCon with Daddy and Uncle Claude on the 26th. Yay! It did cause her to miss a weekend at Grandma's with Natty, tho. Both girls were very upset about it, but we're sure they'll get a chance again soon.