Legwarmers

I had a ton of leftover pink fleece from Sydney's halloween costume. So when I came across this blog, I knew what my next project would be! They were super easy to make (well, every project of mine requires a seam ripper at some point). Briana is already planning to wear hers to dance on Thursday.

Sydney Swift

I finished Sydney's Taylor Swift dress! Yay! I'm feeling like Mom of the Year right now. It turned out super cute. Sydney loved it and wanted to know where I got it. "Oh......at the.....store...." I mumbled before changing the subject.

It took me all day to make it. But, she's all set for Halloween 2011!

After Briana saw it, she said "That's so cool! But I could have sworn when we saw the Taylor Swift costume at Walmart, the dress was pink."

Doh!

Cele-BEAR-ation!

We had Sydney's Build A Bear birthday party today. It turned out super fun and she had a great time! We had cake and presents in the food court before. I think her cupcakes turned out cute.

We got to sing Happy Birthday to Sydney right there in the food court. And tons of people heard us. But we didn't care because it's her birthday!

She got to open her presents there too.

Then it was time to go to Build A Bear! The girls all got to pick out their bears.

They all got to stuff their bears. And Sydney got to do everything first!

The girls all had to pick out two hearts. One for their own bear, and one with a special wish that they put in Sydney's bear. Sydney thought that was really awesome.

And she thought her bear weighed a bit more than usual since it had eleven hearts in it!

At the very end of the party, Sydney got a special surprise bear that all of her friends got to autograph for her. Two bears in one day! Not bad!

Happy Birthday, Sydney!!

The Iditarod

This week is Go North! week at the girls school. Yesterday and today they have been learning all about the Iditarod and Alaska. While I was cooking dinner today, Sydney wrote this report about everything she's learned so far.

Seriously! Is she a first grader or a fourth grader?

Trick or Treat!

Chocolate skulls

Remember my skull ice cube tray? Well, my dad came up with this fab idea to make chocolate skulls with it. They turned out super spooky!

And, the girls both thought they were awesome and they gobbled them all up!

Kettle Corn

Today, I made homemade kettle corn. It turned out quite yummy!

I found the recipe here. It was very easy to make, and I have been munching on it all morning.