Halloween Costume Planning- It’s About Time!

Hi! It’s Jilly. Yesterday I looked at the calendar and said, “Yikes!! It’s almost Halloween!! I have NO idea what the kids want to dress up as this year!”

So, I asked the kids. E said right away, “I want to be a ladybug ballerina!” Uhm…what?!?! That kid comes up with something crazy every year. Last year she was a watermelon fairy.

Yeah, I didn't know what that was, either.  I had to wing it. (Wing it?! Ha ha ha…) But, every year a tutu of some sort seems to be involved.

Amazingly enough, a ladybug ballerina is ACTUALLY a THING! You learn something new everyday, I guess. I like to make the kids’ costumes every year, so I will be using this costume as my inspiration.

This little tutu is way cute, too.

K always surprises me with her costume choices. Some years she wants to be the same as E, like a couple years ago when they were princess fairies. (I’m seeing a ‘fairy’ trend here…)

This year she decided she wants to be Ariel. That should be easy enough to put together. I’ll fashion some seashells out of felt, and I haven’t decided about the “fins” yet. 

I LOVE this tutorial from Living the Creative Life. It is SO darling, and I think I could actually do it!

image from Living the Creative Life

M has been a pirate a couple of times. He actually used the same vest and bandanna both years. Ha ha!

 One year he was “The radioactive spider that bit Peter Parker and made him become Spiderman". Where do kids come up with this stuff?! This year he wants to be a  werewolf. And no, I’m not a huge Twilight fan, so that’s not where he got it!

I thought this costume was pretty cool, but I don’t want to buy a costume. Like I said, I like to make them myself.

I love this little homemade werewolf costume. Thrifty and cute. My favorite kind of costume!

As I make each costume I will let you in on what I do, so you can have your own ladybug ballerina, Ariel, and werewolf running around your house!

What are YOU and YOUR kids going to be for Halloween?! Spill it in the comments! :)

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I might be linking up with these parties, if I have my act together. Ha ha! 

Medical Monday- "Daddy A School"

I wrote this down a couple months into our first year of med school. The kids were 3 years old at the time. I wanted to share it here with you guys. It was fun to go back and read again. Enjoy! (Not all the pictures are from 1st year. I don't have many pictures of my hubby from 1st year, probably 'cause I never saw him!!)

Sometimes you wonder what the kids think about this whole 'med school' thing. All they know is that Daddy is gone at school in class, or studying all the time. At least, that's what we tell them. But, I wonder if they know exactly what that means. A couple of examples...

* A couple Saturdays ago Daddy went to volunteer at the Special Olympics. They got to look at the competitors' feet  and such, plus it gave them some of their required service hours. Anyway, when he got home he was wearing the scrub top they gave him and the kids were all, like, "Daddy, you a doctor now?", then after he changed Girl B said, "You a Daddy again?" It was so funny. 

{volunteering at P.F.Chang's Rock n' Roll Marathon, Feb 2010}

* The other day when I was trying to get the kids to lay down for their nap, Boy C asked where Daddy was. I told him he was at school learning how to be a doctor, and Boy C goes, "Again?!", like he should be one by now or something. 

{saying "Hi" to Daddy while bringing food to him at school during his lunch break}

They DO say things, like, "Daddy a(t) school", "Daddy you go to school and class?" and, "Daddy be a doctor." Someday they will understand. I tell my hubby that if it is any consolation they probably won't remember him being gone a lot when they get older. When my Dad was in pharmacy school I was in the lower grades of elementary school and I wasn't "scarred for life" or anything. I vaguely remember that when he was doing his residency he was in a city a few hours away and would come home on the weekends, and send us tapes with him talking to us on them. That's about it. 

{visiting Daddy at school}

Well, hopefully the hubster will get through this rough first year and the kids will be able to say in a few years that "Daddy a doctor".

{after graduation. Why yes, he IS a big Disney fan. Don't worry...he wore his 'real' hat during the ceremony}

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