Disneyland!

I love, love, love Disney and our big family trip was 3 days in Disneyland!  We went back in April, so this post is a bit late.  It was Logan's 2nd time and Simone's 1st time there.  We were able to go offseason and mid-week, so the roadtrip was fairly quick and easy and the crowds weren't bad at all.  I think the longest we stood in line was 20 mins.  To prepare for the trip, I made clothes for us to get into the Disney spirit!

Simone got two Minnie Mouse dresses.  I found a cute Minnie smock fabric at Joann's and this was the easiest dress to make.  I just sewed down the edge to make a tube and added ribbon for straps.

Simone found the second Minnie Mouse fabric in the remnant bin at Joann's.  I tried to make a cute bubble dress, but the remnant didn't have quite enough fabric to make the bubble that visible.  I was also running out of fabric for the bodice and ended up doing a little peekaboo back.  I think it turned out pretty cute!

I wanted to have a family theme day at Disney.  Logan didn't want anything to do with princesses and Simone did not want anything to do with Planes, so Monsters was a happy medium.  I painted shirts for Fred, Logan, and myself.  Simone dressed up as Boo, so I made a simple jacket and decorated the with yarn, felt, pipe cleaners, and styrofoam balls.  It was insanely hot, so the jacket only made an appearance for the picture!

Fred as Sully, Logan as Mike, Simone as Boo, and me as Boo's door.

A better picture of the kids

All in all, it was a great trip and the kids still talk about Disneyland!

R2D2 Cake

I don't really bake, but when I do, it's just Christmas and birthdays and my "baking" is making Rice Krispie treats.  This year, I wanted to make Logan's birthday special and decided to make him a R2D2 cake.  I roughly followed this post, but just used cake mix and store bought icing.  It was my first time piping icing - not bad for a newb!

Lego Star Wars Shirts

I can't believe my first baby turned 5 last month.  Logan wanted a Lego Star Wars birthday party, so I make some shirts for the family to wear.  It was my first time using freezer paper stencils and they are so easy!

I searched for Lego images for various characters.  Logan chose his favorites - R2D2 and C3P0.  Simone's shirt has Princess Leia and an Ewok, Fred's has Chewbacca and Han Solo in Carbonite and my shirt has Yoda.

I just traced around the images and cut out the stencils.

Ironed them on to the shirt.

Painted

Waited....

Done!

 

For Han Solo in Carbonite, I used 2 layers of gray paint.  I think it turned out pretty nicely.  Next time, I need to make sure the freezer paper is sticking properly.  The paint ended up bleeding through the Ewok hood.  And, from the excess splatters, I was a bit paint happy.