Halloween 2012, DIY Rugrats costumes!

The kids have been pretty obsessed with the Rugrats cartoons (thank you Netflix!) I wasn't sure if I'd start doing tutorials or not so I didn't take a step by step, but these are all fairly self explanatory. It's a 90's cartoon after all. (:

With each of these we went for the more cartoon-ish version rather than what they would look like in real life. Except mine, but not really on purpose. My hair is pretty Deedee-eque on it's own, especially after the second day so I just teased it a little and sprayed it orange. Having 3-point hair would be more true to the character but, sadly, I chickened out. I ordered cheap green-rimmed sunglasses on Ebay and simply popped out the lens. A red turtleneck sweater dress was so hard to find this year! I found this one on Sammydress.com for something like $14. So even if it was terrible I wasnt too worried about it. I didn't think to dye some huge socks orange when I did A's shirt so I just wore some fold-over boots and legging so it still looked somewhat similar. Oh! I almost forgot the necklace. My ears are still stretched so I couldnt do the earrings but Deedee wears big, gaudy gold jewelry. I wore this super fake looking pearl necklace. I bought K and R's shirts at Hobby Lobby. I'm sure Walmart also sells plain, blue shirts. R is still not potty trained so technically he didn't need anything else but we put one of those huge white trainers and safety pins on the side for a more cartoonized diaper. If we could have found a toy screwdriver that would have been perfect! Angelica is known for pigtails, a purple dress, and her cynthia doll. I wish I had a better picture of Cynthia but she was disassembled promptly after trick or treating. Oh, boys. I bought a cheapy NOT-Barbie from the dollar store and hairsprayed 3 clumps of hair like the doll in the cartoon. She was so cheap she only had hair around the perimeter of her head to begin with so there wasnt anything to shave off. I bought blue leggings at Target and painted green circles on them. We had the hardest time finding turtlenecks anywhere, but finally someone told me to check walmart and there was ONE left in 4T. It was white so I dyed it orange. I made a really, really simple purple dress and put a hanger in the shape of a circle in the bottom so it would bell out the way Angelica's does. I think it turned out so cute! We just put some gold hairspray (could not find yellow, we are a family of improv, okay?) and she was set. Don't forget the chocolate chip cookies! Chuckie has a shirt with Saturn on it and green shorts with lighter green squiggles on it? Is it supposed to be Camo? I'm not sure. I made him a pair of green shorts and just painted lighter green squiggly lines on it, on his blue shirt I painted the lines around the neckline and armholes. Oh, and Saturn. Obviously. (: Chuckie has red shoes that are constantly untied but that seemed like a pretty terrible idea so I just left his shoes alone, I sprayed his hair orange and gave him some freckles. I got his purple glasses from Ebay but these lenses were glued in so I wasn't able to pop them out. Overall I think everything turned out pretty well and we had so much fun!

I should be packing but I felt like you wanted an update.

I haven't posted since November. NOVEMBER. That's a little ridiculous, I know. I also know you really needed to know about our lives and that was much, much more important than packing. Humor me, okay? G and I have started working out a lot more. He's always been pretty good with it because of his love for MMA but I'm like, the most unmotivated person ever. I've never had a problem with post-pregnancy weight (don't shoot me!) but I'm just so out of shape.. Like, get-winded-just-walking-upstairs out of shape. No bueno. A is a dancing queen! Its adorable. She copies everything she sees and sings along.. She has Gentlemen prefer Blondes memorized. That girl can put on a show! Ooh and she's starting to play Dance Central on the Kinect too. She hasn't gotten any stars yet but averages about 2500 in points :D R and K have two teeth each! R can crawl/scoot himself around now. Poor little guy had his first visit to the ER last week, double ear infections. It was so sad to see him like that. K is a little squishy man. He's so funny and we are finally getting over his reflux so that's been wonderful! He is not interested in crawling at all. He's such a diva, he'll just lay face down on his belly if I try. Needless to say, we just don't have belly time very often. He can get around in his walker though. (: And that's about it for us.

Amandology.

Amandology. Okay....tagged! You should do this too...Let others know a little more about yourself, re-post this as your name followed by "ology" YOU! Yes, you reading this. You're tagged. Now that you know more about me than you ever wanted to know, play the game. Be nice. FOODOLOGY *What is your salad dressing of choice? Raspberry vinaigrette. *What is your favorite sit down restaurant? Oreganos! *What is your favorite fast food restaurant? Carls Jr. *What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of? Black bean burgers. *What are your pizza toppings of choice? Red peppers and pineapple! *How many televisions are in your house?4 *What color cell phone do you have? Black " "PATTOLOGY: *Are you right-handed or left-handed? Right. *Have you ever had anything removed from your body? Two babies. (: *What is the last heavy item you lifted? An 80lb weight.. Always in my way! <3 *Have you ever been knocked unconscious? No. *Have you ever fainted? A few times. DookOLOGY: *If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die? I want to say no, because itd be so stressful but it would be nice to know you left everything finished/said. *If you could change your name, what would you change it to? I'm okay. *How many pairs of flip-flops do you own? 2? I think just in white and black. *Last person you talked to? K. FAVOLOGY: *Season? summer! * Holiday ? Halloween. *Day of the week? Saturdays. *Month? September. * Color? Green! * Drink? diet dr pepper. CURRENTOLOGY: *Missing someone? G, he's at work. *What are you listening to? Despicable Me. K grunting. *Watching? Despicable Me Worrying about? Moving.. In TWOish weeks. *What's the last movie you saw? Burlesque. *Do You Smile often? Well that's a silly question. *If you could change your eye color what would it be? I like mine. *What's on your wish list for your birthday? Right now, p90x. But I'm getting that as soon as we move and I know my address. So... Probably makeup or something. *Can you do push-ups? I can do about 15 'real' ones before I start hurting. Haha but I'm working on that. (: *Can you do a chin up? I hope so. I bought G a bar that we have yet to install so hopefully at the new place. *Does the future make you more nervous or excited? More excited. *Have you been in a Car wreck? Small ones. *Have you caused a Car wreck? nope *Do you have an accent? When I get really upset its strong. Haha *Last time you cried? Yesterday? I'm a crier. *Plans tonight? Just hanging out with my brat pack. *Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom? it happens to the best of us. *Name 3 things you Bought yesterday? Nothing, but today I bought fabric and thread. *Met someone who changed your life? Everyone will change your life, if you let them. *For the better or worse?? Both *How did you bring in the New Year? We went downtown to watch the pine cone (seriously.) drop with Matt, Kelly, Leah, Melanie, Ashley and Jackie. *Would you go back in time if you were given the chance? no. *Have you ever dated someone longer than a year? Yes. *What songs do you sing in the shower? I don't. *Have you held hands with someone Today? A always wants to hold hands. *Who was the last person you took a picture of? R. *Are most of the friends in your life new or old? Old. *Do you like pulpy orange juice? Yes. *What is something your friends make fun of you for? I'm little. Haha *Last time you ate peanut butter and jelly? the othe day *What were you doing 12 AM last night? No, we were watching Faster. *What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? Something about R, I'm sure.

23 months

A will be two next month.
Isn't that crazy??

Halloween 2010

This year was so much fun! I actually got G to dress up.. it took three years, so I feel pretty good about myself. Haha. The kids and I dressed up as batman villains and I took A around to a few houses to "treat treat". She hasn't really had candy before, I'm afraid we created an addict. It's been a few days now though and she doesn't ask for it or anything but all day she wanted "some me".

pumpkin fun

Today we carved a pumpkin. I was a little apprehensive at first because last year A just thought the whole thing was disgusting BUT, as usual, she surprised me.
Her Tia Gayla found this carving kit with templates and it's pretty much the sweetest thing ever. I'm super excited about how well it turned out, A just thinks it's pretty cool we can stick things in it. Haha I love her so much! <3

my little baker

Supplies

Mixing..

& after some taste testing, more mixing..

Baked.