Akasha is Six!

In the middle of all the chaos, I am trying to make some things as normal as possible.  Like birthdays.  We still haven't met any new friends here, but we are blessed to have some family and friends we knew from up North who happened to move near enough to come to parties.

We started at Chuck E Cheese...




Champers wants a cupcake!




Back home to our Hello Kitty decorated room.



I made these ears so we could do a bit of Hello Kitty dress up.



My dad is such a good sport lol.

Ron's Birthday

Easter Doings!

Finally the Big Day!

Nothing like waiting until the last day to carve pumpkins. :) Worked out though.

We also made these neat "jar o lanterns" by taping off faces, then painting the whole jar and taking the tape off so the light glowed through the faces.  Fun!

Got toys instead of candy this year.

Always more fun with friends.

The whole bunch, scary eyes and all!

More Fall Fun

The chickens are wild for the dried dill seeds!

We went to a local pumpkin patch since I didn't have pumpkins to carve  yet.

Is that a headlock or a hug?

I could not believe Orion wanted to ride the ponies!  He has not done that for YEARS!

And they always love a petting zoo!

Halloween Prep

I found this cute and easy craft online.  It is just magnetic paper that I painted and cut  into  pumpkin  shapes.  The kids  have had alot of fun with them.

Orion made this one and insisted it stay exactly like this lol.

Another fun and easy one!  Just some white cardstock and streamers and a marker.

My favorite craft from this year.  Some dowels and cheap white fabric and stuffing - a  ring of dancing ghosts!

Akasha wanted to be Kirby for Halloween this year, and I  don't have much in the say of sewing skills, but after much research on pumpkin like costumes, I came across this great idea of using a big and little shirt with stuffing in between.  I attached them with a glue gun and voila!  Who needs a needle and thread lol?

I Scream for..

Akasha has been asking and asking for ice cream lately, so I made some today. Coconut milk with honey. Yum.

Family and Akasha's Four Year Old Portraits in CA