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There’s no place like home…Brinn’s Dorothy Costume

Brinn is obsessed with the Wizard of Oz, and literally watches it everyday. (although she does ask me to fast forward through a couple of parts)
When we looked through the Chasing Fireflies catalog, she HAD to be Dorothy. I really though she was going to pick something more flashy, but then I realized how my three year old thinks….
sparkly shoes and a PUPPY. Yep, Toto had this outfit SOLD!

I bought her the shoes at Target. You see, Target has been carrying those sparkling holiday shoes for at LEAST eight years because Maeve had a pair every Christmas from the time she was 2 until she was 8. And she would wear them until the sparkles had worn clear off (sometime around March).
So Brinn and I headed over to Target to try the shoes on, and what should’ve been easy turned into World War III. Why?
Because she wanted the PINK shoes. Now, I could’ve just shrugged it off but of course I didn’t and told her that Dorothy only wears red.
“I don’t care! *I* wanna wear the pink ones!”
Needless to say, I won.

But don’t think it didn’t come back to bite me in the ass.
“Brinn, put your glasses on, please”.
“No mom! Dorothy doesn’t wear no GLASSES!”
Burned by my 3 yr old….AGAIN.

Queen of Hearts Preview.

Maeve saw the finished costumes and asked me to try it on for her, so she took a picture. And made me walk down the street to show people…(note: I could NOT make eye contact with people driving by)

Here is the real one:

and here’s my handmade knock off

The Homemade Burtonesque Mad Hatter Suit.

is done!
I took the green jacket and painted it with black, brown, and gold paint. I then lightly sprayed a bronze spray paint over it.
I added an orange-ish lace trim to the cuffs. The lace was the last bits of the lace shirt I took apart to use for the hat.
I then hot-glued the twine in the sleeves.

and striped the pants with paint.

Dyeing for Eggs.

Maeve looks forward to coloring eggs right after Valentine’s is over.

Brinn being very patient, waiting her turn…

“ooh mom! ooorn-ja!”

Maeve trying to get fancy .

Brinn, not so patient anymore.

the little supervisor.

all done! No help from me except clean up (as usual!).

Lazy St. Patty’s Dinner

I think this is the first year I did not make my own corned beef, cabbage, and potatoes.

Instead we did reubens. Once last year, Bob and I went out and ordered ruebens at a restaurant. I don’t know what that place was thinking, but they smothered the sandwiches in mustard. Yuck.

So for the rest of you out there unfamiliar with a REAL reuben, here’s the recipe.

Ingredients:
-rye bread
-Thousand Island dressing
-corned beef
-sauerkraut
-Swiss cheese

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Stepford Life.

*batteries not included.