so i've mentioned my friend terry, right? well as we started talking about attending the emerald city comicon in seattle in march, i thought it'd be real cool if boo could have a costume, too. terry offered to make her an ahsoka costume in time for the event (which at that time was less than 2 weeks). here's some photos from the build, which turned out incredible considering how little time he had, and better than anything available for sale online!

the raw materials included some fabric terry had in stock, some tights, shirt and boots from the mall...

sizing up the base of what would become the head tails...

the head tails were probably the most complicated to create in time, but they turned out really well...

terry even had time to make an ahsoka backpack complete with little rotta creature (not pictured here, but you'll see in the comicon shots)

we did a dress rehearsal at home the night before we left for the comicon, complete with face-paint and lip gloss by mommy! boo was so excited about it, she had practiced the ahsoka poses all week!

with my sister's family in town recently, angie helped arrange some family photos at my parent's place. it was a rare opportunity when all the cousins were together in the same city at the same time.

last week boo attended vbs at ecbc, and on saturday morning all the classes presented something. here are the two songs her class sang. you can see her pretty much front and centre on both, wearing a red top, next to her good friend brooklyn who's wearing red shoes.

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we always love it when our dear friends kip & lindly drop by to visit. boo loves playing with wei ling and jasmine, who are getting more and more lovely every time we see them! kip carried micah and sang strange lullabies to him, and eventually was able to put him down for a nap - impressive.

a few of us from our summer softball team went to a canadians game a couple of weeks ago, and had a great time! i hadn't been to nat bailey in years, and forgot what a fun place this little stadium is right in the heart of town to watch a baseball game. mommy was wise enough to get some ear muffs for the kids ahead of time as this was their first major sporting event, and knowing how they both get startled easily and aren't used to noisy environments.