Family Pictures

Last Wednesday, we headed to the arboretum (with tripod in tow) and set up an impromptu family photo session. My main goal for the trip was to *hopefully* get a great shot that we could use for our Christmas card this year. We were only there for about 15 minutes before Josie started melting down (and before the temperature started to drop significantly too).

I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out. Not too shabby for a tripod/self-timer/public location photo session.

Here are some of my faves:

**Dear Family: please do not print these out as they are most likely going to be your Christmas presents. Thanks!**

Halloween

I know it's a bit late, but I wanted to have a post showcasing Josie's super cute Halloween costume. This year, she was a Monarch Butterfly. I am proud to say that I made her tutu, wings, and striped tights. I definitely got my merit badge in craftiness this October!

 I think it took longer to find the materials I needed then it did to actually put everything together.

Time spent looking for electrical tape to hold wings together: about 2 hours
Time it took to make and paint the wings: about 30 minutes

In the end, all of the energy was definitely worth it! I plan on saving all the pieces for future costumes (or for dress up days).

(this one's my favorite)