Astrid and Stormfly Take Flight at Dusk

How to Train Your Dragon is probably our longest running obsession that started almost 8 years ago! Creating their costumes this year was not the easiest! But a whole lot of glue gun action with some minor sewing along with spray painting, and voila! We took a few photos of this fierce duo before the sun set, but of course Toothless saw and he couldn’t resist sneaking up on us for a sweet photobomb!

At Dusk they took flight! Astrid and Stormfly wouldn’t let the rain get in their way of candy collecting! The rain came down very hard at times but they just embraced it and continued on. We started our adventure with lots of friends but the longer Astrid and Stormfly trekked the more friends they would lose to the downpour. These two have weathered many storms together. so as tempting as the hot apple cider and hot chocolate was, they motored on. They were determind. By the time all the candy was collected the rain finally stopped. So they enjoyed their flight home with mouths full of candy.
Once again, our incredible neighbourhood made this holiday super rad!! So many of you wonderful neighbours also embraced the elements and turned what could have been a gloomy Halloween in to yet another epic year! Thank you! Now scroll down to see their adventure!

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Easter Traditions

I didn't grow up with much holiday tradition, so every holiday I feel like I'm winging it a bit. I often feel uncertain about my decisions. Always wondering if I am doing this right or that right. For example, Adelaide's first Easter we got a visit from the Easter Beagle, and the Beagle has visited us every year ever since. Not the Easter Bunny (we're huge Snoopy and Charlie Brown fans). It can get a bit complicated when it comes to other parents and children. My kids always explain that the Beagle is the Bunny's friend and they work together, so a few kids get the Beagle, like us. (Clearly I didn't think that one through very well did I?) When my kids grew old enough, we added decorating eggs to our traditions. I honestly don't ever remember decorating eggs as a child. Since I didn't have a traditional way, I google searched how to do it. There were so many ideas. How was I to pick? The first few years we went all natural. That's so up my alley! They turned out quite lovely. Then we played with textures, using lace, wool, rice, and spaghetti, which was okay but not awesome. So this year I still wanted to play with textures but I really wanted vibrant colours! I think Adelaide and Audrey did a great job! This was my favourite attempt at decorating eggs so far.

PS: (Referring to the links in this post), I'm always striving to get better and to grow as an artist so it's quite neat when I visit my old work. Such a difference. Always makes me wonder where I'll be a few years from now!

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