Browse Month: November 2014

Alice is 1

DSC_5677 This weekend we celebrated Alice’s 1st birthday at Liberty Park.  DSCN3463The room was really nice and it was located right next to the playground.

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There were lots of guests who attended and Mommy ordered so much Thai food!

IMG_0070 DSCN3488It was so nice to catch up with the family and lots of Brother’s friends.

DSCN3508Alice actually slept through most of her party but she woke up in time for he cake.

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We also made an attempt at getting a photo of the 2nd cousins together.  This was the best we could do that day.

IMG_9474Happy Birthday, Alice!!  It was fun celebrating with you all weekend!!  KK loved having cake or ice cream every day of the 4-day weekend!

Belated Celebration

IMG_9764This evening, we celebrated Mommy’s birthday, which was last week.  Before dinner, we stopped at Huntington Beach Pier.  IMG_9528It actually felt like fall this evening – especially after a morning of rain and the puffy clouds were still lingering above in the clear blue sky.

DSCN3435The waves were pretty high so it was fun to watch the surfers play too.

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For dinner, we went to Sushi on Fire where they hooked us up with complimentary sake, appetizers, and mini ice cream for the kids.

IMG_9536This is the Albacore Mediterranean: albacore tuna, fried garlic, jalapeno, and ponzu.

IMG_9567For dessert, they brought out ice cream with a giant sparkler on it.

http://youtu.be/t1-BlwNYYcQ

Project Piglet

pigletThis year, I decided to make KK’s costume.  She was going to be Piglet and I thought it was easy enough to figure it out.

IMG_8791At Target, I found a shirt, tights, and hair clips that were the perfect shade of pink.  Then I went to the fabric store and bought a big piece of bright pink felt.

IMG_9106I traced one of KK’s dresses for the pattern and then cut out two pieces.

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The two pieces got pinned and sewn together.  Thanks for lending me your machine, Susie!!

IMG_9115The fabric got flipped over to make a little dress!  When I tried it on KK, it came out too long.  Luckly it worked out because then I could tuck the fabric inside and pin it to make it a little poofier.

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The last part was drawing stripes with a Sharpie.  It was surprisingly easy to do!

I also cut out the ears and glued them onto hair clips.  Thanks for lending me your glue gun, Stephanie!!

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Here are all the pieces put together and ready to go!

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And here’s the final product in action:

http://youtu.be/rbdl97BhGqk

Mission Accomplished!!