My baby girl turned 3 years old today.

We had a party for her yesterday.

Helping put cupcake wrappers in the pan. 

Waiting for her guests to arrive.

Her party was Lalaloopsy themed.  I made the decorations out of 1/4″ MDF.  I cut the shapes out with my jig saw then hand painted them.

Mushroom in the front yard flower bed.

Lalaloopsy girl, Jewel Sparkle, and animal friends.

Rory and her friend, Elizabeth, had a tattoo stand.  They used Delilah’s lemonade stand that I made for her 2nd birthday.

Over-sized buttons for various games.

Dressed as Sugar Crumb Cookie.

And one last cupcake for today for her actual birthday.

She’s the princess from Brave.

She’s going to be a very popular Halloween costume this year.  And how could Rory not get in on all that hype?

But she couldn’t just show up in a store bought costume, not that there’s anything wrong with that.  My mother was visiting last week for a few days.  And I took full advantage of her sewing skills.  I can sew a straight line, but this was going to take a professional to pull off this costume.  So it was a joint effort, but without my mom it would look like a bag of trash.  So we do owe this all to her.  And Rory’s bow hunting skills…

What do you think?  Do you think Disneyland would hire her as a junior Merida?

Here’s a family picture from the night.

We didn’t even get a picture of us wearing them over our faces.

And here’s the obligatory offspring wearing what I made photos.

So anyway here’s the pictures of the girls.  First up- Delilah in her garden fairy costume.  I used McCall’s pattern M5904 for the skirt and hat.  Then added the pillowcase type shirt, shoe covers a flower fairy wand that I made.  The wings were borrowed from Rory.

I’m not sure why I worried about how her shoes would look.  You can’t even see them under the skirt.  Oh well, at least now I know how to make shoe covers…And now for Rory.  She’s been wanting to be Fancy Nancy for Halloween ever since a random kid at a playground told her she should be.  Yes it’s that exciting.

So for those of you not familiar with Fancy Nancy, she’s a fictitious little girl with her own line of children’s book.  If you want to learn more you can visit fancynancyworld.com.  For those of you who are lazy with the clicking, here’s a picture of one of her many fancy looks.

I took this picture with a phone out of one of her books at the bookstore.  I couldn’t find one online at the time when I needed it.  I felt really silly doing that.  Just so you know.

And here’s Rory as Fancy Nancy.  I know this outfit looks really half-assed (I can say that on my blog, right?).  But it was really hard trying to keep track of all the parts.  I did sew the dress though.  And that was a feat in and of itself, what with the layers and all.

I told Rory to point her toe.  So she pointed TO her toe.  Oh she cracks me up!  Delilah’s reaction is cute too.

And there you have it!  Have a safe and happy Halloween everyone!  Try not to OD on the sweets.

First up we decorated some pumpkins.  I’ve been hesitant to carve these up because they end up not lasting very long, then you can’t even eat them!
Crazy talk!  So I cut out some shapes and let the girls put faces on them.  We painted glue over the pieces to help them last longer outside.

Next up, we cut out shapes from more black paper.  We haunted up the photo wall.

My mother has been knitting up a storm lately. She made these pumpkin masks for the girls.  She made some for the other grandkids as well.

Also, she made some pumpkin and black cat magnets for the grandkids.  They are holding up Rory’s picture she drew of a skeleton sitting, named Iwy.

And the last one, the girls made ghosts with their feet!

Are you guys getting into the holiday yet?

This is the hat to Delilah’s costume.

It’s fleece lined to she can wear it for winter as just a hat too.I’m so excited to get them all finished and show you!