Sunday, October 31, 2010

No Tricks... just treats!

Halloween is my favorite day of the year.  It's hard not being in a country that celebrates it but I do my best each year to help my Australian friends embrace it, just as much as I do.

For our 3rd, but  not annual Halloween party, we decided to move away from the spooky and ghastly for a un-Halloween Party with an Alice in Wonderland theme.  Guests were asked to dress in costumes "from their childhood" (cartoons, TV shows, movies, nursery rhymes, books, etc).

I had a hard time finding decorations so most of it was handmade by me!

The Queen: She likes 'em red wreaths

White roses painted red

Red Mexican paper flowers
Quotes from Alice in Wonderland

The Queens Card Soldiers
"Fat boy" teapots (handpainted) and The Mad Hatter's Menu
"Take Me" orange and black (chocolate) candy bar
'Eat Me' cupcakes
Inspired by Eloise's pirate ship tent, our living room was decorated with a Peter Pan theme.


Peter Pan, Wendy and John flying

Sing-a-song-of-six-pence:

My pie felties were so fun to make!
Litte Miss Muffett sat on the toilet...

We were The Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts and Alice.  I made the Queen of Hearts and Alice costumes.  Adult tutu's are so fun!

Our little Alice

I was sad MissE missed out on going to a pumpkin patch, maybe next year...  We found carving pumpkins at Woolworths but for $25 each!  They discounted them to $12 on October 30 so we were able to have some pumpkin carving fun!
What's in there?

Eloise and her 'Daisy' (In the Night Garden) pumpkin and 'Itsy Bitsy' pumpkin


Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Welcome to the Blogosphere!

Hi. I'm Rebecca and this is my first post in the blogosphere.  It's exciting and confusing for the not-so-web-saavy.  Here's my family (minus my furry-child):

Eloise, 12 months (Eaton Photography)
Here's what you've missed:
American girl meets Australian boy on a whirlwind tour of Europe and Egypt and within 2 days American girl knew she had met her husband, but Australian boy takes longer. 
Contiki Group Photo, The Sphinx and Pyrimids of Giza
Down Under or Bust!  Three years later, American girl packs her bags for Sydney, Australia and returns to San Fransico only to say "I do".
The Omni Hotel, San Francisco
We welcomed, Sabi, our furrybaby, after I returned from a holiday in India.  Sabi, is derived from the Tsonga word 'tsave', meaning 'fear' or 'danger'.  Sabi is probably more fearful of you than you would be of her!  We chose this name to remind us of our honeymoon at The Sabi Sabi Game Lodge.


Sabi at 2 years old

Game drive Sabi Sabi Game Reserve
In January 2009, our beautiful little girl, Eloise Sydney, was born and it's been nothing but trial and error, fun and lots of love.
Eloise, 15 days


Eloise at Manly Beach (20 months)