Mustache party!

Posted: March 8, 2010 | Author: Mika | Filed under: Dangerous Book for Boys | 5 Comments

Ready for the long-awaited pictures?

The night before, I set up this thrift store sheet as a photo backdrop so we could all have our picture taken. With our mustaches.

I had a little vase filled with mustaches for guests to use. The mustaches were made from dark brown felt, cardstock, and something from the craft store called "cookie sticks."

We got lots of balloons to match the thrift store sheet. And blue for boys, right? The Bwun is not unhappy - it's just difficult to get any pictures of him sitting still, and this was the only one in focus where you could see his face instead of just the balloon.

I made the Romgi model a mustache for me before our guests arrived.

Originally I planned to serve cupcakes, but February cupcaked me out. So we had cookies (Oreos, chocolate chip, and Mother's) and milk instead. I put the cookies on a cake plate; it was awesome.

Look in the background - the Romgi put mustaches on our portraits!

Remember that Williams-Sonoma giant donut cake pan I love? I made a miniature one for the Bwun! ...Ok, fine, we got a donut from the BYU Creamery. It seemed fitting. The candle is a blue elephant.

The Bwun has obviously watched me eat donuts a time or two.

Eating the mustache was completely his idea, though.

Ben, Krista, & family.

Twins!

Josh & Katie.

Quentin & Kimberlee.

Doug & Angie.

The Romgi & me.

We watched Up, ate cookies, drank milk, and tried to get the Bwun to open presents. I guess he just isn’t old enough to care yet. But he definitely liked the toys once they were opened! It was a lot of fun, not too much work, and a great way to take advantage of the mustache fad. (By the way – did I tell you the whole thing was the Romgi’s idea?)

If you’re curious, I used this mustache template from The Inspired Bride. I suggest making the mustaches slightly smaller. I cut some at half-size for the kids, and 1/4-size for the twins.

Good times!

Christmas, several months later

Posted: March 4, 2010 | Author: Mika | Filed under: Dangerous Book for Boys | 5 Comments

Remember Christmas last year? Me too, and since I finally got the pictures off our camera I thought I’d share. Because it’s my blog and you should care about whatever I say.

We took the train out to my parents’ house in California. It was nice – we’d gone together once before, before the Bwun’s time. He absolutely loved the train. It left Utah around his bedtime on a Friday night and he had a lot of daylight hours on Saturday to walk me up and down the aisles. He also learned how to wave. The Bwun was a big hit with the other passengers.

The three of us had a lot of fun adventures in California visiting friends and family, but I didn’t bring the camera with me most of those times. Sorry.

Here are the pictures I do have.

Instead of a pine tree (real or fake), my mom does this fun minimalist bubble tree.

The Bwun's stocking: Ikea stuffed animals and a bouncy ball with a light inside. The Romgi and I kind of stole the ball from the Bwun. It's a pretty cool ball.

The Bwun's stocking: a dinosaur. It is a great dinosaur.

The rest of us opened presents while the Bwun was asleep, and once he got up it was tricky to convince him to open his presents. Too young, I guess.

This was before the Bwun got a haircut. He really needed one.

A piggy bank from Aunt Kendy! (Duckie bank?)

A wooden train from Ma & Pa!

A baby iPod from Grandma & Grandpa!

A dinosaur from Aunt Kendy (lower right), and a set of 3 Little Pigs houses and pigs - plus wolf - from Grandma & Grandpa!

The 3 pigs, plus a Bwun who finally woke up enough to enjoy life.

Train ride home. The Bwun had been wolfing down Wheat Thins.

Weather changes: Just outside Davis, CA...

Past Sacramento...

In the Sierras.

The Romgi and I took shifts with the Bwun. Mine usually included being the Bwun's pillow.

Donner Lake. Brr!

I have no idea.

My boy on the train. I'm glad he had fun.

What did you do for Christmas?

And now, I have to go change a diaper. Lately the Bwun is trying to reduce the Romgi’s stress level by only pooping when the Romgi is gone and can’t change diapers. Unfair. Thoughtful, though, I suppose.

Stink!

February is over!

We really had a miserable month, and I’m so glad February is over. How can such a short month feel so long?

Good things that happened: surviving, going to California for a friend’s wedding, and throwing a mustache party for the Bwun’s first birthday (pictures forthcoming).

Our trip to California was extremely short, but we took some pictures at the Oakland temple so we could prove we were having fun. See?

The view from the balcony. Foggy and cold!

I think we're getting older. I don't look 14 anymore. (Good!)

The temple. Overcast.

Not that you care, but I love my yellow shoes.

And my tip-toe spring outfit.

The oh-so-happy couple coming out of the temple. Congratulations to the new Mr. & Mrs. Andaluz!

I think this is a camellia? Anyone?

We were seated near the cake at the reception, but not in a good picture-taking position, and this is the best I was able to get while trying to keep the Bwun from grabbing the camera, my food, the candles, my glass of water...

It was a very enjoyable trip for the Romgi and I, although I think it would have felt more like a vacation if it had been longer than 30 hours. We were impressed with how the Bwun did on the plane – he mostly just flirted (quite shamelessly) with the stewardess on the way there, and tried to look out the window on the way back. Not too bad.

As for the mustache party, I had Quentin take pictures with his nice camera, and I’m waiting to get copies. In the meantime, please compare these pictures of Ron Swanson from Parks & Recreation and the Romgi with his mustache.