How Long?

So it has been awhile since my last post. I have been so busy this past week that I hope I don't experience stress like that again any time soon. But in the end it was worth it. You see every year our town has the largest street fair in our state. It is crazy times around here people. The parade actually goes right by our front door. It is so exciting and I am glad my children will have this memory. We get to see them preparing days ahead which just adds to the build up. When we bought this house we had never even been to the fair. Then one day we realize that we are literally seated right next to the judges stand. This is a big deal for these folks let me tell you. We even have news crews live and on the scene. The fair itself runs from Tuesday till Saturday with the big parade on Wednesday. These photos are the view from our front porch.







So anyway...back to why I have been so busy. Every Saturday of the fair they have a baby parade. The first year S and G were seven months old. I had never even seen the baby parade before but it sounded fun...so why not. It ended up being really fun and strangely enough we won first place in our category. I think they definetly had the twin thing going for them...and the fact that they are so cute.



So after Ragedy Ann and Andy we were hooked. The ideas for the next famous couple thing started flowing. So at eighteen months we tried Pebbles and Bam Bam. That was a fun one to make. We used a lot of sculpy for the bones, necklaces and bracelets. I don't remember if we placed or not for that one. We did however get a sweet picture in the local newspaper. Sadly this is the best photo I could find of both of them together.




At two and a half they were Jack and Jill. The well was the best part and my husband did an excellent job with that. Without it we could have been considered Hansel and Gretel.









In September of 2007 my sister's children joined in the action. It turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself. We ended up calling them "Half Dozen." We also entered my sister's town baby parade as well. We placed at both which was exciting. These kids deserved lots of treats after what we put them through. They didn't complain at the unexpected hot day or when the feathers were stuck in their faces. They didn't even complain about the bags of down batting that they each were stuffed with. I think this went so well because their were so many of them and they all looked exactly the same. This was a fun one to create.





At the second parade you couldn't have a wagon so H. lost her nest in place of the front pack.




So this brings me back to why I have been so busy. Check back tomorrow to see more!