50's family fun night

Our ward put on a last minute 50's themed family fun night.  I got a little excited thinking about dressing up so I worked on it all week.  I'm not gonna lie.  I might be a little crazy. I went to the thrift store and found a cute skirt for only a few bucks.  I bought makeup at the dollar store and some flat pins to do my hair.  Not many people dressed up but I didn't care.  I had fun playing the part of a 1950's house wife. 

 My hair took me about an hour to pin.  I ended up using 44 pins.  It was a lot of work but kind of fun to try something new.  I have to say I love curling irons!  I did it while Landon was sleeping and Michael was ... watching tv? Not sure but I'm sure he was.  Yes I am not wearing makeup.  Scary.  It was a fun process though taking out the pins and getting my hair to look the way it turned out.  It's kind of amazing what you can get your hair to do with a few good tips.

 I got my hair and make up ideas from two Youtube videos. I couldn't have done it without these videos.  She does an amazing job walking you through each step and she is so pleasing to watch. 

 I asked Joe to take a few pics before we went inside the church. 

 I wanted to document all my hard work. ;)

 Landon was my 50's kid.

Joe and Michael were Greasers.

  A sister in our ward who took pictures put this collage together for me and printed it off. 

It was a fun night with lots of silly games, food and treats!  I have a video of Joe and Michael playing crab volley ball.  I'll add it to this post when I find it.

Eighteen Month Pictures... a month or two late

Landon turned 18 months March 16th. Here it is May and I just got around to taking pictures!

The apple of his eye is me! ;)

(look closely)

The empty lot across the street came in handy for pictures. :)

It is so hard to get Landon to smile!  I have a hard time getting "the perfect picture".  I need to hire a professional. 

Landon is our crazy boy.  He has no fear.  He does listen pretty well if Joe and I give him a stern look.  It's quite funny.  He wants to do everything big brother does including sitting at the table(only occasionally during snack time do I let him), brush his teeth(he doesn't want any help), putting back his drink into the fridge, clearing the table if he has a bowl- he puts it in the sink every time with out being asked.  I didn't even have to teach this to him.  He picked it up on his own.  He loves a variety of foods and will try just about anything.  He adores his brother and loves rough housing with him. They love to listen to music and run around the kitchen table then around the recliner. He can be really sweet and gives good kisses at night time.  He is talking a bit but it's a little hard to understand most of what he says.  We are catching on though to what his words mean.  He loves to walk up an down the stairs apparently he is a big boy and has graduated from being carried or crawling up and down them.  We try to always hold his hand though because he still worries me. When Joe comes home from work he squeals "Dada!" over & over again,  while running to hug his knees. We love our little man.  He is growing up quick.