Round here our fairies do more than just fly around sprinkling pixy dust.
They dribble soccer balls and don football jerseys.
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dress up
When my son asked if he could bring his light sabers or guns to his sisters first soccer practice, I said no. Because sometimes it is awkward to deal with the whole gun issue out in public.
Obviously I forgot that little boys will turn absolutely anything into a gun.
So today I said what the heck, bring the gun.
Which apparently translated to, go crazy, carry a gun in each hand and a concealed weapon… Heck, why not wear the entire uniform!
So much for flying under the radar… that is something the circus fam just doesn’t know how to do.
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We decided to add a little pizazz to our normal morning chaos as we got ready to leave for our tutorial today. Since it’s the last day the tutorial is meeting before Thanksgiving, they had a Harvest Party at the end of the day and the children were encouraged to come in costume.
My son went as an Indian and his little sister went as a Pilgrim. (costumes courtesy of Mommy’s costume bin from her school days… I was Pocahontas one year for Halloween and the “Pilgrim” dress was actually a costume from a church play).
My 3 year old wanted to join in the fun, and as is often the case with this independent child, she wanted to add her own flare to the celebration.
“I want to dress up too, Mom”
“Ok, what do you want to be, a Pilgrim or an Indian?”
“Neither, a kangaroo.”
Well of course, we all remember the kangaroo at the first Thanksgiving, right? With no time to argue and no costume to offer as an alternative (a kangaroo some how seemed more appropriate than Queen Amidala) we headed out the door like this.
The shades make a nice touch, don’t ya think?
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This would be why more than one of my children thought chicken came from cows…
Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-Fil-A is a tradition here at the circus.
We start them young with our indoctrination!
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I realized recently, that while I spend lots of time with my kids, too often it’s easy for me to spend the day with them, without really playing with them. So, these past few weeks, I’ve been doing a lot more playing. And I gotta say, I’m loving it.
One hit with the circus crew recently has been beauty shop.
To make it an equal opportunity for all, I did a little hair spiking for my son. While He did forego the sparkly nails; he gladly spent nail time drawing pictures for the girls to take with them after their time at the salon. How many beauty salons do you know send you home with hand drawn art work in addition to your up do and mani/petti?
These pictures were from last week. This week we bought hot pink polish and a clear/sparkly top coat. So right now the girls and I are all sporting hot pink and glittery toe nails with just sparkling fingernails. I’m not usually very good about keeping up with my nails, but perhaps this new form of play, will build in time for me to pretty myself up as well. Though I think in the future I might skip the glittery finger nails.
Here she’s admiring her pedicure.
As you can see, we all enjoyed the time of pampering. I think the girls enjoyed the pretty smelling lotion the best.
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