May the fourth be with you!

Well, it's finally here! We spent all day finishing costumes, baking and setting up.

Right now there are Star Wars movies on, Star Wars board games being played and lightsabers glowing.

My guys are dressed up and some of their friends came dressed up too!

Of course, I still haven't seen any of the Star Wars movies and plan to keep it that way. I'm really not into Sci-fi myself. People who know my kids assume I must be because they are so into it. I guess I just like to support my kids in their interests. Well, it's the least I can do. They all support me in my sewing! (You know, have dinner late without complaining when I'm in the middle of a project or cook dinner for me if I'm really into it!)

I'll leave you with a photo of the fire pit. I'm not sure whether they had toasted marshmallows in Star Wars or not, but my kids insisted they were essential!

May

It's May and I am astonished at how fast this year is passing. (Again. Still. How can I still be surprised by this?)  Anyway, lots of exciting things are planned for my May. Here's a sneak peek at one of them.

Yes, my children will be celebrating May the fourth ("May the force") with a lot of dressing up and watching of Star Wars movies. They also have friends coming in costume to watch movies too and I believe they will also be eating food. Yes, it's a party. Some of them are sewing in preparation.

Things like this,

Jedi costume

and this,

Handmaiden's outfit in progress

and others are setting up the decorations.

That's his story, and he's sticking to it! It's really nice to have a "making, doing" vibe in the air here. Must get on and make something myself!

Who was that masked man?

The sights you see while out shopping! If you saw this at the front of the local bookshop, what would you think? Nothing is what I thought. In fact, I didn't even notice these guys! (I was on a mission!) It was Miss 24 who noticed them and was stopped in her tracks.

Get a load of these three! Now you can place them, huh? Miss 24 is the biggest Star Wars fan I have produced. (I have produced quite a few considering I have never even seen any of the movies myself and don't care for "spaceship" shows at all!) Of course Mr 10 is a huge fan too and was quite happy to pose with these guys outside the Angus and Robertsons bookshop. Miss 24 got all shy on me. Can't think why? Why wouldn't she want to appear randomly on my blog? I am trying to carry my camera with me everywhere this year so I can capture such unexpected moments. I was pretty impressed with myself!