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Have a happy holiday
so izzy has taken to coloring. with crayons. thankfully, they are the washable kind or the bathtub kind. otherwise, i think most of our stuff would be covered in crayon marks. seriously, she loves coloring so much that she talks about it every day now. she even goes into her closet and pulls her sketchpad off the shelf along with her cup of crayons.
here she is, getting pretty serious on this sketchpad.
unfortunately, she also loves to eat crayons too. well, maybe more like taste them. blue is her favorite.
p.s. see why i have to get a new camera? it looks cool, but i don't want all of my pictures to look like that.
so i gave in and made izzy's costume. this thing was a beast to find materials for. utah has a lot of fabric/craft stores, but they are so shopped over or dinky that it was really hard for me to find most of what i needed in one place. i think i might have made 10 trips to 10 different stores just trying to find stuff. plus, i happened to choose a costume that (had i followed the exact material list) would have cost $70. *super gasp! i know, right?!
so with much patience and a good eye for thrifty alternatives, i figured out a way to make this:
look like this:
although mine is much shoddier, because i am a horrible hand sewer (and still had to use crappy material alternatives), i think this costume came out looking super cute. she's gotten lots of comments on it, which is nice and makes me feel better about making the decision to make her costume rather than purchasing it pre-made.
well...happy halloween! faleschini out.
p.s. this was a martha stewart costume. gotta remember to give props.
so i got a "complaint" that we have been neglecting our blog. i didn't realize that many of you even read our blog anymore. maybe you do and do not comment. if so, then i fault you!
kidding. i just have been sort of out of it with my blogging lately. we've been keeping busy, and i've had some other projects that i've been working on (i.e. organizing past photos, gathering materials for izzy's halloween costume, lots and lots of cooking, etc.). i will try to do at least a blog a week going forward, just to make ryan...i mean, everyone happy.
so here is what we've been doing:
seeing beautiful views from our balcony
visiting with old but best-est friends
watching old but good bands reunite for a show
tried out some oversized rocking chair for the mansion we will someday own
izzy tested a pumpkin at cornbellys to see how pumpkin-y it was
izzy is really into puppets (thankfully, not the marionette kind) and enjoyed this show
izzy tried on some new glasses
izzy also started driving. hasn't your kid?
here, she shows me how to sit properly on playground stairs
my first pumpkin carving ever
pete's best pumpkin carving ever
i made spicy pumpkin soup the other day. someone told me you can't use the stringy stuff in pumpkin for food, and here i prove them wrong.
i first read about this in the recent glamour magazine. (yes, i read glamour. i've been getting it in the mail, so why not? i hope i don't have to pay for it later, because i don't know how it has been coming to my address.)
anyway, this talented and adorable indian girl, Sheena Matheiken, came up with this idea called "the uniform project" which is raising money for uniforms and educational expenses for children living in the slums of india. she's raised over $13,000 so far in only a few months, which is pretty awesome.
the premise of her project is to wear 7 identical black dresses for a whole year, and each day will look different depending on what item of clothing or accessory she pairs with it. it's a sort of sustainable way of dressing yourself, you might say. a lot of the "extra" items, she is buying on super sale, getting at thrift stores or getting hand-me-downs from people helping to support her cause. i don't have the courage to pull of her style anymore, but i totally love a lot of these looks. she has some great inspiration for me, as i wallow in my fashion rut. here are some of my favorites:
so i have never been into watching musicals. it's not that i don't like them. it's just that i've never thought of them when picking out movies to watch. the few that i have ever watched in my life, i have loved (west side story, sound of music, seven brides for seven brothers, etc).
i got "bye bye birdie" for my birthday, and izzy and i have really enjoyed the catchy songs and the beautifully colorful images.
the dialogue is pretty funny too. you gotta see it, if you haven't.
my hubs turns 32 today. because he already bought himself a bunch of cool, expensive stuff he's been wanting, i got him a fancy tie holder. i know, i go crazy with gifts!
here is an outdated picture of pete when he liked shag-burns. oh, if you didn't know already, he likes cats. A LOT. he even had an interview once and told the interviewer that when he was describing himself. he didn't get the job.
