The Making of a Butterfly

So I debated. Long and hard about what Sophia should transform herself into this lovely October for Halloween (yes, very rarely do those words - lovely and October - go together in Puerto Vallarta, but surprisingly the weather has done its official switch and we are no longer sweaty, sweating, pure sweat. I digress.)

After talking with her about it daily for two weeks and realizing that she was NEVER going to decide between a princess, a ballerina, a cat and a pumpkin and knowing FULL WELL that if I didn't have the right costume on October 31st when it came time to get dressed up, she simply wouldn't put it on. She is that stubborn. (Putting anything besides panties on her is a battle.) I decided to take the bull by the horns (I don't think I've ever said that before, but this was a bull-horn situation), so I took that bull by its horns and decided she was going to be a butterfly. And then I searched for DIY costumes knowing I had only five short days to the school Halloween party!

And so the Making of a Butterfly began. Monday morning, we purchased supplies. We cut and sewed the skirt. (A Spaaahkly skirt, according to Soph.) We glued the head bonkers.


Tuesday afternoon and evening, we shaped the wings, traced and cut the wings, sewed the wings.





Wednesday night, Michelle came over. We drew out the wing design. We painted. Coat upon coat upon coat of fabric paint.




And tonight, we finish the Making of a Butterfly. Stay tuned. Friday is the school Halloween party and Sunday night is our outing with friends to the Marina Malecon for trick-or-treating!

I hope we have a very pretty butterfly in tow. (Although I have mentally prepared myself for the stripping of the wings and the tearing-off of the head bonkers. I'm hoping that at least the Spaaaahkly Skirt makes it longer than five minutes.)

A peek at past Halloween's:

Halloween 2008 (5 months)

Halloween 2009 (1 year, 5 months)

Stay tuned for Halloween 2010!!!

Five Weeks Later . . .

...and growing bigger and bigger by the day. Both Sophia and myself!


We had our fifth appointment and ultrasound today, and our baby boy is growing and looking good in utero! Due date: late February!

Still have summer photos to share, but there are hundreds so the sifting and sorting process goes on bit by bit as I have time! In the meantime, a few photos of our recent fun - park time:




home-gymnastics:


shoe-shopping:



and a few photos of the small addition we built on to Sophia's room (soon-to-be-a-shared-room)!








OH! And did I forget to mention that Sophia is completely potty-trained! At home, at school, out on the town! (Nightime diapers are still a must, but we're good to go on the rest!) This was actually quite simple with her as she quickly became obsessed with panties - so much so, in fact, that there were days when everyone and everything in her sight had panties on (including Sophia - not necessarily on the right body parts sometimes!)




Summer photo montage to come soon!