crooked house

Before the Birthday Party

Luke turned seven on Good Friday and we had his party on Saturday in the church hall just up the street from our house. Last year I gave myself barely half an hour to set up so this year we went two hours early. That was a bit too early.

Sylvie insisted on wearing a pair of plastic high heels throughout the entire event. They had clumps of marabou-like fluff on the tops with  purple jewels nested in the middles. For some reason the purple jewels offended her sensibilities so she tore them off, leaving only shreds of fake marabou. Inappropriate summer sun dress also chosen by Vivi herself.

I should've had the sense to take aftermath photos but I was too exhausted at that point. I am afraid the Easter bunny was rather lame this year.

Two Easy Flower Crowns

Sylvie and I were in the dollar store this morning, where we picked up Easter grass and these adorable felt flowers on wire stems. I think they were $1.25 for five flowers. When we got home we spent five minutes making this flower crown. We cut a piece of green construction paper in half, taped two ends together, wrapped it around Sylvie's head and then taped it to fit. We removed it and used a glue stick to attach the grass. The wire stems of the felt flowers are taped inside the crown. Easy peasy, if a little messy-looking.

I also came up with a simpler one using a Goody headband we already had. For this, I had to bend the stems of the flowers to make them a bit shorter. Sylvie put the headband on first and then I simply tucked the flowers inside it.

As always, click on any photo for a closer look.