Catching up

So, I didn't post all of our adventures with the Johnson's while they visited.  But, we had fun, we did lots, Claire was cute.  Here you go.

 

Of course we had to see the sea lions and a beach or two.  We also went to the aquarium (cause Claire LOVES it).  i want to point out that the leafy looking thing (picture next to the Nemo tank) is a "leafy sea dragon" not sea weed.  We took a drive to see Pebble Beach and all of those golf courses.  Claire loved having her Grandma and Grandpa Johnson around.  We're so glad we got to have the visit.

 

And here are some extras of my silly girl.  She sometimes likes to pose for the camera (unfortunately, it is often for a fake camera, but sometimes I can get it with a real camera too).  These first three are just outside of our house.  She asked me specifically to go outside and take her pictures with the rocks and flowers.  Okay!  And then she wouldn't hold still.

 

She likes to wear all sorts of hats.  She teaches me so much.  I didn't know a laundry basket was a hat.

She is all about taking this little bag everywhere as her purse.  She can actually stuff quite a bit in there.  It does come in handy at the store for keeping her occupied and in the shopping cart.  I just need to take inventory of what's in there so I know what we should have when we leave (she's not a klepto, she actually just likes to drop things on the floor...FUN).



Batman Girl

One of the many wonderful ladies here had a brilliant idea to put together a super hero park day.  She had super hero training games and little certificates and prizes for all the kids at the end.  She seriously did everything!  We just needed to bring something to share for lunch and she did the rest. 

I'll be honest, I was excited because I could make Claire a super hero costume.  I knew I wanted it to be easy, so I looked at what she had in her closet that I could re-do.  She had black leggings and a black shirt.  I was getting rid of a yellow shirt.  So all I needed to buy was the black shirt for the cape and voila, she was bat girl (but she calls it batman girl).  She was so cute and kept her costume on until later in the day when she spilled bubbles all over herself (luckily it was a small bottle and mainly got on her).  Her friend Ian was also batman.  They looked so cute together matching!  Here are the photos to enjoy.

 

Oh! Did I mention that there was no sewing involved whatsoever.  I got a shirt that was 2 sizes to big for her and just got off the front so she could have a cape that slipped over her head.  I cut a strip of the yellow shirt (the one I was getting rid of anyway) for the belt and then just cut out ovals from that shirt.  The bats were cut out of the front part of the shirt that became the cape.  And then fabric glue came to my rescue for the attaching part.  I am still thinking I may go back and do some applique stitching.  But this entire costume took me maybe 20 minutes and that's only because of distractions. For real...SUPER EASY!  Go make one for a kid right now (or yourself cause seriously I won't judge)!