Carson was Harry Potter (glasses he got from THIS awesome party). Devon was Ron Weasley: And Little Miss Bailey was Hermione Granger: With this Harry Potter lego sitting on the top of my sewing machine… … I used Simplicity pattern 5512 as a guide for these 3 costumes.    I sewed on an elastic hair-band…

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The last couple of years we’ve had a party with our friends where the adults dress up as well as the kids, making it pretty entertaining.  Last year it was at our house, but this year all the families pitched in to rent the clubhouse in our area.  It ended up being super duper cheap,…

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Andrea, Kim, and I took our kids to Wheeler Farm.  I’m so glad Kim suggested it because it was the perfect fall activity! Hay ride!

For Carson’s party in class the part I was in charge of was to play music while the kids danced.  We called it the Monster Mash station.  I had a few different songs I played, and when I stopped the music they were supposed to freeze.  It’s so fun that the kids got into it…

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For a guest post on a dress-up series, I just showed how to make this headband. But I thought Carson did such a great job acting the part while I took pictures that I just had to share them.  He’s so funny.  I didn’t have to prompt him to do anything—it’s all him.  He got…

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Row row row your boat. And surprise!  We were getting close to leaving when Matt and Kate with their kiddos showed up because they recognized us on the side of the road! 

Poor Bailey slept through the whole Pumpkin Walk this year!

Carson is now in Scouts and is beyond excited for it (despite what the pictures show—I think he just feels it’s very serious, grown-up business).  This kid is growing up so fast but I’m so glad he’s so into things like this! He read the Wolf Book cover from cover the day we bought it…

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